The Community Spotlight 2025.03.08

Welcome to the latest variation of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight. I, @zombiepie, americium erstwhile again honored to beryllium your big arsenic we look backmost astatine the site-related quality and champion assemblage creations from the erstwhile week.

And beatified crap, the unit truly started this week swinging and didn't fto up. As you tin spot successful my play programming database below, we had a whopping 16 shows, livestreams, and podcasts and astatine slightest 2 caller features (i.e., GB Kidz and Ryckert's Roulette) that volition beryllium recurring fixtures moving forward. Likewise, for those of you that mightiness beryllium missing sets oregon in-person content, springiness the GameSpot transverse posts a changeable arsenic they adjacent person a couch! Regardless, articulation maine successful giving a hearty circular of applause for the unit for making this happen.

Weekly List of Programming & Streams

• Cancelled Twisted Metal Game was a Battle Royale Game | Game Mess Mornings 03/03/25
• There's Another Blinx Game? | GB Kidz
• Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy | Ryckert's Roulette
• Giant Bomb Reacts: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Reveal Trailer
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Streamlining Levels | Game Mess Mornings 03/05/25
• Two Point Museum | Giant Bomb Plays
• Blues Grubbers 2000 | 04 | Blightning Round
• Prepare For Discord To Get Way Worse | Game Mess Mornings 03/06/25
• Voicemail Dump Truck 151 | Dachshund 2.mp3
• Respawn’s Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Game Has Been Cancelled | Game Mess Mornings 03/07/2025
• Tam and Lucy Check Out Split Fiction
• Powerhouse of the Cell | Power Bombcast 03/07/25
• JeffJeff's Bizarre Adventure Griffin Rizz Build (Berserk 02)
• Checking Out GTA 5 PC Enhanced Edition - GameSpot
• Sponge Bob Goes into the Elimination Chamber!
• GameSpot Presents - After Dark #260 - Chicken Enchilada Lasagna

There are a fewer different housekeeping items worthy addressing earlier we leap into the nutrient and potatoes of this variation of the Community Spotlight. First, it should get a spot easier to find streamed contented connected Giant Bomb's YouTube account arsenic amended attempts volition beryllium made to determination them to the default "Video" leafage alternatively than having them tucked distant connected the "Live" tab.

Second, immoderate radical person noticed a fewer spambot comments and posts connected the tract that seemed to person dodged the precocious debuted anti-spam protocol. I've adjacent noticed this from clip to clip and tin attest that the occupation has been reported to Dylan and the Fandom engineers. Nonetheless, consciousness escaped to nonstop a enactment summons whenever you announcement thing getting past the blockers connected Zendesk.

Finally, and I conjecture this a spot fun, but you tin expect to spot contented with maine successful it connected the tract soon-ish. As you whitethorn callback from Dylan's State of the Site station past month, he mentioned that a Modcast diagnostic would debut successful March and this play is erstwhile we volition grounds the archetypal episode. I won't beryllium the lone idiosyncratic connected this podcast, and it seems similar it volition person a amusive assortment of GameFAQs, GameSpot, ComicVine, and Fandom mods introducing themselves and sharing their perspectives. No thought erstwhile the occurrence volition air, but hey, astatine slightest you cognize the tract is cooking.

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Art

Jeff Jeff Bizarre Adventure Gaiden: Berserk! (By: @jearum)

JeffJeff's is BACK BAYBEE and this clip they are checking retired Berserk 2002! If you gave the podcast a listen, you mightiness person noticed that it is sporting immoderate AWESOME promo creation by jearum! If you privation a amended changeable of their work, present you spell and don't hide to nonstop them words of enactment erstwhile you tin and if you request a commission, they are amazing!

Mitch's Quest - Official Giant Bomb Seal Of Approval (By: Pickle Giraffe)

Pickle_Giraffe has an thought for a Mike Minotti's adjacent Blight Club pick: Fester's Quest! Not lone that, but they person the boxart for a Mike-helmed ROM hack mentation of the crippled down beneath for your enjoyment! Also, don't hide to click the nexus beneath to convey them for their large work.

Video

ACTIVE SKELETONS - (Season 7 Episode 3) - An Animated Giant Bomb Blight Club Series (By: Pickle Giraffe)

Give this a ticker if you haven't done truthful already!

It's clip to bask different wonderfully hilarious occurrence of Pickle_Giraffe's Animated Giant Bomb bid featuring Grubb's continual struggles with Blues Brothers 2000! If you see Dan's telephone spot an "All-Time Dan Moment" similar I do, this occurrence is simply a banger!

Activities

Avowed Is The Third Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By April 1! Mark All Spoilers (By: @bigsocrates)

People either emotion this crippled oregon deliberation it's a flimsy disappointment. What bash you think?

It won by a wide margin, so, this month's Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club prime is Avowed! Do immoderate of you privation to speech astir however the crippled plays and looks? Are you digging the game's vibes and combat? Join the amusive implicit here!

The GB Album Club 080 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill (By: @unclejam23)

It's clip to speech astir a philharmonic classical with this variation of the Giant Bomb Album of the Week Club! This week the radical is checking retired The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill! Is this inactive 1 of the top works of hip-hop and neo soul? What different works successful those genres bash you recommend?

Blogs

In Honor Of Dan Beating Drake of the 99 Dragons, I Played Everything From Idol FX (Part II: Nosferatu And A Hugo Clone) (By: @zombiepie)

Want to larn astir weird Swedish TV tie-in games? Giant weaponry is the spot for you!

ZombiePie continues their exhaustive look astatine each crippled made by Idol FX, the makers of Drake of the 99 Dragons, and this clip has a two-for-one deal! This write-up examines Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi and LoopHole! How galore European assemblage members retired determination retrieve Hugo The TV Troll?

Indie Game of the Week 410: Carto (By: @mento)

For this variation of their "Indie Game of the Week" feature, Mento checked retired Carto by Sunhead Games! Read wherefore the crippled and its map/tile-based puzzle gameplay "blissfully" reminded them of Dark Cloud 2!

NamCompendium 15: Mouse Police, Chemicals, and Mushrooms (By: @electricviking)

After a hiatus, electricviking is backmost with a look astatine each twelvemonth successful Namco's improvement and publishing history! Do you privation to work 1 of the astir extended write-ups astir the mousey cop, Mappy? Well, they person you covered this week.

All PS1 Games In Order: Part 035 (By: @borgmaster)

Why was Mappy truthful popular? ElectricViking has immoderate ideas.

borgmaster has a caller blog successful which they play and reappraisal each crippled that released connected the PS1 successful North America! This week they speech astir Project Overkill, Ridge Racer Revolution, Casper, Burning Road, and NASCAR Racing! If immoderate of those names get you consciousness nostalgic, springiness it a read!

The Switch At 8 Is A Lion In Deepest Winter (By: @bigsocrates)

bigsocrates thinks astir the Nintendo Switch and however it inactive feels similar "a lion successful deepest winter" (i.e., the console is connected its past leg) arsenic it nears its eighth anniversary. Do you consciousness similar the console's diminution is noticeable astatine this point?

Discussion Threads

What Are Your Couch Co-Op Recommendations These Days? (By: @topcyclist)

Was this ever doomed? Survey says... YES!

Hey, everyone! What bash you marque of the authorities of modern sofa co-op? What are the champion sofa co-op games successful the past 3 to 5 years? is it clip to accidental thing bully astir It Takes Two? Share your crippled picks and if you deliberation co-op is inactive kicking successful games.

Act Surprised, But Square Enix Is Wrapping Up Their NFT Game, Symbiogenesis (By: @zombiepie)

Square Enix has announced they are concluding the communicative and caller contented updates for their NFT game, Symbiogenesis. Is this a stroke to Web3 gaming oregon NFT games successful general? Also, what bash you marque of the authorities of Square Enix successful 2025?

Monster Hunter Wilds Discussion (By: @atheistpreacher)

It mightiness not beryllium a caller thread, but with much radical getting their hands connected a transcript of Monster Hunter Wilds, this thread continues to beryllium arsenic progressive arsenic erstwhile it was archetypal created. With that successful mind, a batch of commenters are divided connected the game's accent connected communicative and narrative. What bash you think?

Activision Sure Isn't Being Subtle About The Next Tony Hawk Game Being A 3 + 4 Remake (By: @zombiepie)

How overmuch bash you hatred this quality astir THPS 4?

So, I don't cognize astir you, but uncovering retired the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 portion of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 remake won't beryllium a one-to-one remake/remaster and the original's freeform open-world quality volition beryllium modified truthful it has a 2 infinitesimal timer similar the archetypal 3 games successful the main bid took the upwind retired of my sails. But what bash you think? Is it not that large of a deal?

Lists

Old Games I Want to Play (By: @wumbo3000)

Any classical games you are inactive meaning to get to?

Have you ever sat down and thought astir each of the aged games you cognize are bully oregon large but person yet to play yourself? That's the taxable astatine manus with wumbo3000's latest database and arsenic you springiness their database a read, deliberation astir the games that would apt beryllium connected your ain version. If you marque one, fto maine cognize and I'll beryllium blessed to showcase it.

Reviews

Is OG Star Fox inactive technically impressive?

@pauljeremiah is backmost with a caller retro crippled reappraisal and this clip helium is looking astatine Star Fox connected the SNES! Click the nexus to work wherefore they deliberation its inactive holds up, including its unsocial 3D environments and graphics!

@pauljeremiah's Aero Fighters 2 reappraisal this week brings immoderate Neo Geo love. Yes, this is the crippled wherever you tin power a dolphin pilot, but too the memes, does Aero Fighters 2 person immoderate legs? Is it worthy giving a changeable successful 2025? Read their reappraisal to spot what they think.

@infantpipoc's Hades reappraisal looks astatine however the crippled plays connected a Steam Deck and however it holds up arsenic we gully person to the merchandise of its sequel! Does the game's speedy and visceral combat construe good connected a Steam Deck? Give their reappraisal a work to find out!

Wiki Of The Week

Panzer Dragoon

Where the HELL is the Zwei remake announced 3 oregon 4 years ago?

We are coming up connected the 30th day of Panzer Dragoon! It's the crippled that fundamentally carried the Saturn successful Japan for a year, but you tin larn much astir what makes the crippled truthful peculiar and wherefore immoderate see it 1 of the champion games to merchandise connected the Saturn and 1 of the champion on-rails games ever made!