The Community Spotlight 2025.06.21

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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!

The azygous biggest portion of site-related quality stems from Giant Bomb needing to alteration however outgo processing works. As explained implicit here, arsenic portion of becoming independent, the unit needed to signifier a caller LLC (Jeffinitely) to judge payments that spell straight to them. Unfortunately, immoderate banks are rejecting payments to this LLC. So, immoderate of you that person a premium auto-renewal coming up mightiness request to beryllium much vigilant if things spell done alright. If not, nonstop an email to [email protected] oregon caput connected implicit to #site-tech-issues connected the Giant Bomb Discord and ping Chuck oregon Rorie for help.

Other tract issues that person cropped up see those with premium getting a informing that says "Based connected your subscription level, this contented is unavailable" for an occurrence for an older amusement similar Metal Gear Scanlon oregon Beast successful the East, but not caller programming similar Game Mess Mornings. If you spot that, delight instantly ping oregon DM Chuck with your relationship details.

Likewise, Chuck did effort to nonstop an update to hole Jeff Jeff premium not having artwork successful the premium feed. For reasons inactive not wholly understood, the hole did not instrumentality for everyone.

In little than large news, there's a scammer connected Discord that is DM'ing radical astir Giant Bomb "deals" and collaboration offers arsenic good arsenic solicitations for much enactment to support the tract up and running. Simply put, dispersed the connection and study this relationship and bash not nether immoderate circumstances interact with them. Unfortunately, Discord does not person a reporting signifier online and lacks a mode to study scams similar this without a nonstop enactment with the scammer.

Returning to much affirmative things, and I forgot to beforehand this erstwhile we were successful the afloat plaything of SGF, but Bakalar is moving connected a web comic that is based connected a communicative they person been moving connected for a while. It's astir acceptable for a afloat merchandise and if you are funny successful pursuing their originative endeavors extracurricular of Giant Bomb, here's a link.

Similarly, Rorie has brushed launched a Patreon wherein helium started a podcast with his wife, Yolanda, titled "Why Does This Make Me Cry?" While helium is inactive looking for imperishable employment, Rorie hopes that starting a Patreon pushes him backmost into penning much often. Also, delight see sending him immoderate enactment you tin spend aft each of their years making Giant Bomb a amusive and harmless place.

Finally, arsenic you tin hopefully spot successful the Bluesky conception of the Spotlight (only works if you usage the Article mentation and mightiness beryllium browser-dependent) the caller Giant Bomb merch from a fewer weeks back has started shipping! If your bid hasn't shipped oregon is successful limbo erstwhile you effort to way your order, nonstop an email to [email protected], but wide it seems similar radical are truly enjoying this batch of shirts.

Art

Monday Evenings Gaming astatine Mike's astatine Night + Mug Man + Space Boss (By: @jearum)

Once again, jearum was connected a rotation this week with TWO Mega Man-themed artworks successful grant of Mike, the archetypal imagining Mike's precise chill rascal attire donning the crippled container for the archetypal Mega Man and the 2nd imagining the brag of his nightmares, Mug Man.

Finally, with the announcement of Spaceballs 2, they had immoderate amusive combining their Aqua Teen Hunger Force fanart of Bakalar and imagining it arsenic Darth Helmet successful the upcoming sequel.

Panoramic View Of A Summer's Game Festival, 2025 (By: pickle_giraffe)

It's brainsick to deliberation that it has already been implicit a week since Giant Bomb's sum of Not-E3 2025, but this panoramic recreation of Giant Bomb's antics successful LA is apt to transport you backmost to erstwhile each the magic was happening live.

Giant Brutalism - Demo Derby Edition (By: TompTomp)

Over connected Bluesky, TompTomp is moving connected a caller artwork task related to Giant Bomb: brutalist medium covers for Giant Bomb's existent and astir beloved shows! This week they had a spell astatine making a Demo Derby screen that bleeds VIBES! Don't hide to travel them connected Bluesky to spot what they marque next!

General Disappointment (By: NickToilet)

NickToilet continues to stock amusive fanarts of Giant Bomb unit and this 1 is simply a playful wide plan of Bakalar! And arsenic always, they person a timelapse showing everyone however they made the magic hap which besides includes a hint connected however they could marque this into a t-shirt!

Cool Baby's Become A Real Rascal (By: @csl316)

After watching 1 of the much caller Blight Clubs featuring Rascal, csl316 couldn't assistance but deliberation that Mike' get-up reminded them of a antithetic Giant Bomb moment, COOL BABY! As you tin see, the resemblance is simply uncanny.

Sanrio's Dump Truck Dan (By: Synthminded)

Over connected Bluesky, Synthminded combined their emotion for Giant Bomb with their emotion of Sanrio with this mock Dump Truck podcast banner imagining the Dump Truck arsenic a Sanrio-inspired mentation of Dan! I wouldn't privation anyone nether the property of 69 watching the Dump Truck, but that's a antithetic contented entirely.

Bluesky

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Videos

PIPO - An OverBlood Love Story - (COMPLETE Season 8) - Animated Giant Bomb Blight Club Series (By: PICKLE_GIRAFFE)

Those buns are looking reasonably detailed.

It's a communicative arsenic aged arsenic time, Jeff Grubb wakes up successful a cryo-chamber and finds himself successful an incredibly choky bluish jumpsuit and without immoderate of his memories. But astatine the precise least, helium has a bully robot companion, Pipo. Many acknowledgment to Pickle_Giraffe for making

GiantBomb‬ Reacting to Cool Moves from the TIP TEAM (By: @turboman)

TurboMan rewatched Giant Bomb's aged "Demo Derby" diagnostic and made a amusive compilation video of each clip the unit reacted to the TIP TEAM! If you privation a bully laugh, look nary further than this video! Remember, accidental nary to dope and GET THOSE FIRST!

Giant Bomb Does Fallout 3 (By: @kone)

If you inactive haven't seen this gem past I powerfully urge you ticker this video from Kone RIGHT NOW! Trust me, the ending is INCREDIBLE.

Activities

Anyone person immoderate thoughts astir this album?

The GB Album Club 086 - Laughing Stock by Talk Talk (By: @unclejam23)

The adjacent variation of the Giant Bomb assemblage Album of the Week Club is present and the prime is Laughing Stock by Talk Talk! Have immoderate thoughts astir this post-rock medium and its highly-venerated presumption among euphony reviewers?

Monster Train 2 Is The 6th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By July 1! Mark All Spoilers!(By: @bigsocrates)

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?

Blogs

FBC: Firebreak - The Good - The Bad- The Ugly (By: @av_gamer)

The Giant Bomb unit precocious played it during an Unprofessional Fridays, but AV_Gamer felt similar sharing their thoughts astir the rocky motorboat of Remedy Entertainment's latest game, FBC: Firebreak. As they explicate successful this blog, they deliberation the crippled has a agelong mode to spell earlier it becomes thing they consciousness comfy recommending.

Kobayashi Mario World + Indie Game of the Week 424: Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery (By: @mento)

How hard could getting each RetroAchievement successful SMW be???

Moderator Mento is taking a enactment from Dan Ryckert and is trying to get each of the Retro Achievements for Super Mario World! How did the archetypal portion of their effort go? Were determination immoderate tricky achievements that had them pulling retired their hair? Read to find out!

Also, are you acceptable for immoderate puzzle-solving enactment for this variation of Mento's "Indie Game of the Week" due to the fact that they conscionable published a blog for Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery! Read to find retired wherefore they deliberation the crippled "deals successful microdoses of dopamine!"

I Knew This Would Happen, But Microsoft's Communication On Xbox Hardware And Multiplatform Releases Is Already Terrible (By: @zombiepie)

They knew this was going to happen, but mod ZombiePie can't assistance but consciousness a spot disappointed that Microsoft's post-SGF connection is already a immense messiness astir streaming and hardware. Whether it beryllium the selling for the ROG Xbox Ally being called a "handheld Xbox" to their messiness of a streaming program, things are already a mess.

Not E3 2025: Day of the Devs (By: @gamer_152)

Moderator Gamer_152's retrospective connected Not-E3 2025 continues with a reappraisal of this year's variation of Day of the Devs! How does it comparison to immoderate of the bigger showcases this twelvemonth and is this the league for the chill kids?

Some Thoughts On Code Vein I (With Spoilers) And Code Vein II (By: @valorianendymion)

ValorianEndymion couldn't assistance but get a small excited erstwhile they saw the announcement of Code Vein II during Summer Game Fest truthful they decided to footwear up the archetypal crippled to punctual themselves wherefore they inactive emotion its satellite and gameplay.

The Early Evolution of Sound and Music successful Video Games: 1986 (By: @alianger)

Anyone other amazed to perceive Dan has fallen successful emotion with the Ys franchise?

alianger takes you done different circuit of the improvement of video crippled euphony and this week they look astatine the value of the year, 1986. Give it a work implicit present and get acceptable to get nostalgic astir immoderate classical jams!

Help I'm Trapped In Mid-Budget Action JRPG Heck 04: Haha Whoops I Guess I'm Still Writing Stuff Here (By: @arbitrarywater)

ArbitraryWater makes a instrumentality to blogging and this clip graces america with different look astatine mid-budget enactment JRPGs! This 1 reviews Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana and Star Ocean: The Second Story R and shares wherefore some are cleanable examples of JRPGs that get a batch retired of a little.

Une RPG Extraordinaire. (By: @mooseymcman)

MooseyMcMan takes to the tract to pen different 1 of their monolithic essays but this clip crook their attraction astatine Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and wherefore they were profoundly moved by its communicative and wherefore the satellite needs games similar this.

Discussion Threads

WOOOOOOOOOOOF... Bungie Has Delayed Marathon Indefinitely (By: @zombiepie)

It was possibly the biggest quality point of the week, but what is everyone's absorption to the indefinite hold of Marathon? Between the rocky Alpha trial and well-documented examples of stolen art, bash you person immoderate optimism? Likewise, tin you ideate a aboriginal for Bungie aft Marathon?

Black Ops 7 - I Don't Have The Will Power To Care Anymore (By: @loloy0101)

Ending their Summer Showcase with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was surely a CHOICE by Microsoft, but are you feeling Black Ops exhaustion similar immoderate person said successful this thread? In fact, bash you deliberation the Call of Duty franchise has fixed up doing thing caller oregon antithetic for a while?

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Will Have No New Music, Missions, Or War of the Lions Content (By: @zombiepie)

Is this shaping up to beryllium a indispensable bargain for you?

The manager down Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles has precocious revealed the crippled volition NOT beryllium utilizing the War of the Lions version, and that past constituent seems to beryllium a large sticking constituent for some. Is this a large misstep oregon are fans overreacting?

The Best Modern WW2 Campaign? (By: @isomeri)

World War II games surely person been coming retired little often than they erstwhile did, but what is the "best" WW2 campaign? Any caller oregon modern campaigns worthy reporting about? Share your picks with the remainder of the assemblage utilizing the thread above!

Donkey Kong Bananza Direct! (By: @fishlion)

Did the Direct for this permission you excited to get your hands connected Bananza?

Now that you wrapped up watching the Donkey Kong Bananza Direct with Jeff Grubb and institution however would you fertile the event? Also, are you down for much game-specific streaming events led by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft?

The Outer Worlds 2 Being Xbox/Microsoft's Personal Test Of The $80 Price Point Feels Bad, Man.... (By: @zombiepie)

The Outer Worlds 2 volition beryllium the archetypal crippled from Microsoft interior to person a $80 terms tag astatine motorboat and immoderate person shared however that feels bad. What are your thoughts? Do you deliberation the crippled tin warrant its terms tag?

Nintendo Can And Will Brick Your Switch 2 (By: @av_gamer)

Recent events person decidedly changed the speech astir Nintendo's quality to ceramic Switch 2s engaged successful activities against their Terms of Service and you tin springiness this thread from a portion backmost to get a speedy summary connected why. However, has your sentiment astir the substance really changed?

Hades II Early Access Discussion (By: @atheistpreacher)

Is this terms constituent a look for catastrophe for The Outer Worlds 2?

The Early Access mentation of Hades II conscionable got 1 much update and equilibrium spot earlier its authoritative merchandise date! Do you person immoderate last thoughts astir however the crippled plays and feels earlier 1.0 drops? Share distant successful this treatment thread.

Lists

Best Of 2024 (By: @langdonx)

It's ne'er excessively precocious to marque a GOTY database connected Giant Bomb!

langdonx has present officially played 10 games signifier 2024 truthful wherefore not usage that arsenic an excuse to marque and people a 2024 GOTY list! Which 10 games did they play and however did they rank? Give their database a work and don't forget, it's ne'er excessively precocious to marque one!

PlayStation All-Stars 2 (By: @kidmonster)

There's ever anticipation for different PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, riiiiiiight? Don't archer KidMonster astir the likelihood due to the fact that they decided to marque a database musing astir the champion existent epoch Sony characters that would warrant an quality successful a caller introduction successful the series.

Wiki Of The Week

Deus Ex

Many acknowledgment for this crippled teaching a procreation however to decently accidental Deux Ex, by the way!

The crippled that practically pioneered the "immersive sim," Deus Ex, is nearing its 25th anniversary! What makes Dues Ex specified a celebrated cyberpunk adventure? Give the Giant Bomb wiki leafage for the crippled a work if you privation a hint!

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