The Community Spotlight 2025.06.07

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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!

Not-E3 2025 is present and the Giant Bomb unit are moving a thin and mean cognition down successful LA. Your patience and knowing arsenic Jan works his butt disconnected down the scenes with the set-up and Grubb, Bakalar, Dan, and others nab the beardown bevy of guests you'd want, is greatly appreciated.

GB@Nite volition proceed contiguous June 7th astatine 5:00 PM PT. The extremity clip is anyone's guess. Following the 7th, Giant Bomb volition person a speech implicit for Microsoft's Press Conference connected June 8 astatine 10am PT but they volition not proceed into Microsoft's peculiar streaming lawsuit for The Outer Worlds 2. You tin drawback each of the amusive connected YouTube oregon Twitch. Again, a large woody of acknowledgment to everyone who made Giant Bomb adjacent covering SGF 2025 possible.

To telephone the situation of doing this "tough" feels similar an understatement. But arsenic I person said before, Giant Bomb Forever, and hopefully Grubb won't really travel done connected murdering Dan unrecorded connected camera and let's not hide that FRIDGE CAM IS BACK BAYBEE!!!

Some of you whitethorn person heard that Niki Grayson got their laptop and podcasting cogwheel stolen and they acceptable up a GoFundMe page, but precocious they person closed donations determination aft you each played a monolithic relation successful smashing their goal. Nonetheless, don't instrumentality that arsenic an excuse not to nonstop them appreciations connected their Venmo, subscribe to their newsletter, oregon enactment their VGBees project.

Finally, THERE'S NEW GIANT BOMB MERCH TO BUY IN THE STORE! The caller merchandise this week includes 4 caller garment designs arsenic good arsenic a tote bag! NickToilet implicit connected Bsky ever posted a timelapse of them making the Spoon Heaven garment design.

Spoon Heaven - $28.00 (Artist: Nick Oliveto, NickToilet)
He's Gonna Look So Cool - $28.00 (Artist: Nick Oliveto, NickToilet)
We Bought A Bomb - $28.00 (Artist: JEARUM)
Blight Club - Blighty Bunch - $28.00 (Artist: JEARUM)
Mitch connected Mars Tote Bag - $33.00 (Artist: Moz Lee Lunsford)

This Is Giant Bomb's Not-E3 2025

For those inactive uncovering it hard oregon confusing to way what Giant Bomb is up to oregon has made, arsenic of the publishing of this Spotlight, for SGF/Not-E3 2025, present are immoderate useful links to hopefully marque your beingness a small spot better.

Giant Bomb's Streaming Schedule For Not-E3/SGF 2025 - Here you tin find a docket of each of Giant Bomb's planned streams for Not-E3 and SGF 2025. One note, though. Giant Bomb volition beryllium doing a speech implicit for Microsoft's Press Conference which should commencement connected June 8, 10am PT
The Not-E3 2025 Time Zone Chart - If you are inactive funny successful knowing erstwhile astir each azygous property league for the week of Not-E3 started, Marino inactive has you covered with this AMAZING article!
GB@Nite Guest Tracker - Likewise, Marino is inactive tracking the guests that look during the shows.
State of Play (06/04/25) | Giant Bomb Talk Over
We Talk Over Summer Game Fest 2025 | Presented by Annapurna Interactive
Giant Bomb @ Nite, LIVE from the Warframe Villa! | Presented by Annapurna Interactive | Nite 1

Art

Giant Bomb's Games-Rating People + Giant Bomb As Ferengi (By: @jearum)

jearum was connected a rotation this week with a re-imagining of the Giant Bomb staffers arsenic antithetic parts to GamePro's face-based reappraisal people system. Likewise, they besides had amusive utilizing photoshop to imagination a timeline wherein the Giant Bomb unit be a Star Trek normal dressed arsenic Ferengi.

Full Gimmick Dan Ryckert Coffee Mug (By: Pickle_Giraffe)

Mike appears to person immoderate aversions to java mugs, but that did not halt Pickle_Giraffe from making a mock java mug plan that I tin lone ideate would merchantability retired successful grounds time!

Mike Minotti Says "HRAAH!" (By: NickToilet)

Mike arsenic Colossus conscionable feels close and this artwork by NickToilet connected Bluesky, whom you should travel if you are determination arsenic well, proves why. And erstwhile again, NickToilet was generous capable to supply a timelapse of this artwork being made.

Dan As A Fun Uncle (i.e., Funkle) (By: Synthminded)

Dan has talked astir however the kids successful his extended household see him a "Fun Uncle" truthful implicit connected bsky Synthminded imagined him arsenic the eventual Funckle ala Gravity Falls.

"I'm Dan and I was wrong... I'm singing the Dan Wrong Song... I shouldn't person taken that chance... Now here's my remorseful dance…."

Bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/creakylegs.lol/post/3lqy4hhfdq22i

Videos

Mike Minotti, Solicitor to the Nobility (By: Lanz Alentzia)

I unironically emotion this movie, by the way.

It looks similar Mike Minotti has proposal this week for Eastern European Nobility looking to question oregon determination overseas and Lanz Alentzia has an thought of however "well" that could go.

Activities

Monster Train 2 Is The 6th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By July 1! Mark All Spoilers! +

Mullet Mad Jack Is The 5th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By June 1! Spoilers Open! Maintain Brand Safety! (By: @bigsocrates)

Anyone other deliberation this crippled has a readability issue?

Are you successful the temper for immoderate card-based ACTION?! Because the adjacent crippled prime for the Giant Bomb Game of the Month Club is Monster Train 2! Do you person immoderate platform strategies and bash you person immoderate proposal connected however to bushed immoderate of the bosses?

Furthermore, the Giant Bomb Game of the Month Club has besides opened its treatment for Mullet Mad Jack to SPOILERS! For that treatment thread, however galore tries did it instrumentality earlier you "beat" the game? Share your reply and favourite limb combinations.

Join The New GB Album Club Cycle!!! (By: @unclejam23)

Feel escaped to motion up to perceive to immoderate SUMMER JAMS!

Some of you person been asking for a nonstop nexus to articulation the Discord for the Giant Bomb Album of the Week Club and successful this thread, you tin find precisely that! In fact, I'll see the nonstop invitation nexus to the radical RIGHT HERE! Also, consciousness escaped to stock this nexus to anyone whom you deliberation would beryllium interested.

Blogs

All Jaguar And 3DO Games (Mostly) In Order: 1994 Round-Up (By: @borgmaster)

Want to spot thing wild? borgmaster tracked down Atari's financials starring up to the merchandise of the Atari Jaguar and found, erstwhile adjusted for inflation, its R&D fund was astir the aforesaid arsenic the Amico's. Get a heavy dive connected Atari's dying gasp.

The Switch 2 Launch Feels Like The Death Of The Console Launch As Something Special. For Better And Worse. (By: @bigsocrates)

The motorboat of the Nintendo Switch 2 has been making headlines and has been a immense talking constituent connected societal media, however, bigsocrates muses wherefore the console's motorboat besides feels similar the decease knell of large console launches.

Mento's Month: May '25 + Indie Game of the Week 422: The Talos Principle II (By: @mento)

Last week marked the commencement of a caller month, which means Mento has a blog looking backmost astatine each of the games and anime they viewed and (hopefully) enjoyed! Show them immoderate emotion arsenic who other connected the net tin you expect to beryllium talking astir Ganbare Goemon these days?

Nioh 3 Alpha Demo / Pre-Release Discussion(By: @atheistpreacher)

Following Sony's State of Play, Nioh 3 launched an alpha demo and AtheistPreacher decided to springiness it a go! Read if they deliberation the demo paints a affirmative oregon atrocious aboriginal and consciousness escaped to stock your impressions of the demo arsenic well.

Time To Finally Figure Out Which Final Fantasy Character Is The Strongest! (By: @thatpinguino)

Anyone other springiness this demo a try?

ThatPinguino precocious published a blog that looks astatine the biggest and astir potent Final Fantasy Commander cards and attempts to fig retired which 1 is the "strongest." If you person been pursuing the online obsession with these Final Fantasy cards, springiness it a read!

Political DOOM: Thatcher’s Techbase (By: @ford_dent)

It's clip to speech astir 1 of the weirdest DOOM WADs ever made with Ford_Dent! While everyone other was enjoying The Dark Ages, they were engaged playing Thatcher’s Techbase! Politics and classical Doom mixed together? I wonderment wherefore that ne'er took off.

Discussion Threads

Switch 2 Impressions Thread (By: @bigsocrates)

Did immoderate of you hold successful a enactment to get a Switch 2?

So, for those of you that managed to get a console, what are your impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2? Is it worthy the hold and asking price? Also, too Mario Kart World, what bash you marque of this bevy of motorboat titles for the console? Share your reply to each of those questions successful the thread above!

Switch 2 Preorders: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (By: @foxdye0089)

How has everyone else's acquisition been similar trying to pre-order a Switch 2? Share the good, the bad, and the disfigured and consciousness escaped to stock immoderate tips you person for others! Likewise, bash you deliberation this chaos peters retired sooner alternatively than later?

This Is The Least Summer Game Fest Has Justified Its Length In Years. But RE9 & Stranger Than Heaven Look Good (By: @zombiepie)

Soooo... I deliberation we tin each hold this was mostly bad?

There were immoderate gems during the Summer Game Fest but were determination capable to warrant the lawsuit arsenic a whole? What people would you springiness SGF 2025 this twelvemonth if you were to measure it arsenic an wide event? Also, that feline and his hatred definite sucked!

Sony's State Of Play June 2025 Was Very Good If Not Great (By: @zombiepie)

Now that the particulate has settled, what is everyone's thoughts astir Sony's June 2025 State of Play? Did you find it arsenic breathtaking arsenic most? Which crippled oregon games stuck retired the astir and does it substance that astir of the games shown were multiplatform releases?

Switch 2 Full Hardware Disassembly (By: @pauljeremiah)

Have immoderate of you seen teardowns of the Switch 2 yet? Even if you haven't what is you instrumentality connected however overmuch much almighty the console is compared to the archetypal Switch? Everyone agrees it is simply a stronger strategy than the OG Switch, but however noticeable is it?

A Forza Horizon Spiritual Successor Is In Development By One Of Its Co-Creators (By: @gtxforza)

Driving fans! The archetypal details for Gavin Raeburn's adjacent project, the co-creator of Forza Horizon, person emerged. Get a adjuvant summary of what they are and stock if you are excited oregon skeptical!

The Witcher 4 - UE 5.6 Tech Demo | State of Unreal 2025 (By: @pauljeremiah)

Did you spot the tech demo for The Witcher IV during Unreal's event? How typical of the crippled bash you deliberation it is? Furthermore, however galore of you tuned into Unreal's league during the week of not-E3? If you did, stock distant successful this thread.

Did You Ever Beat An Arcade Game Back When Arcades Were A Thing? (By: @topcyclist)

Was this the biggest crippled demo not astatine a large tentpole conference?

For those of you that retrieve arcades, did you ever rotation credits oregon spot the extremity to an arcade game? Did you usage a ton of quarters oregon cheats? Share the crippled and what you had to bash to spot specified a uncommon feat successful this highly nostalgic discussion.

Lists

Top 10 Games I Regret Selling (By: @majormitch)

A achy database I deliberation galore of america tin subordinate to.

The glut of retro crippled releases connected the Switch 2 got MajorMitch reasoning astir the 10 games they astir regret selling oregon giving away. Here's a snapshot of their database to the left, but which games are connected your database if you were to marque 1 of your own?

Every Game At The SGF 2025 State of Play RANKED! (By: @daavpuke)

daavpuke mulled implicit each of the crippled shown astatine Sony's June 2025 State of Play lawsuit and ranked them from worst to best. Which games did they deliberation were the existent highlights? You'll conscionable person to work to find out!

Multiple Endings, But No "True Ending" (By: @franzlska)

Are immoderate of you up for ranking your favourite SGF oregon State of Play games?

franzlska is moving connected a caller database connected and they request YOUR HELP! They're moving connected a database of games with aggregate endings but with nary "True Ending." If you don't caput spoilers, springiness their database a work and spot if you tin assistance them find much examples of this trope successful video games.

Reviews

A bully clip connected the Steam Deck? Read infantpipoc's Sifu reappraisal to find out!

@infantpipoc's Sifu reappraisal talks astir however good the crippled translates onto a Steam Deck and wherefore they don't conscionable judge the crippled is bully but they besides deliberation playing it connected a Steam Deck mightiness beryllium the champion mode to play it.

@pauljeremiah's retro crippled reviews proceed with a look astatine Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War! Is the crippled rightfully held successful high-regard by long-time Fire Emblem fans? Also, however accessible is the crippled to radical who are newer Fire Emblem fans?

Wiki Of The Week

The Legend of Dragoon

Coming up connected the 25th day of its North American release, The Legend of Dragoon is simply a crippled that galore people, particularly those with a batch of emotion for the PS1, clasp successful precocious regard. You tin consciousness that tangible passionateness connected our wiki leafage for the crippled which leaves nary chromatic unturned.

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