The Community Spotlight 2025.06.28

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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.

Well, let's not hide the lede here. The biggest quality this week and adjacent this period comes with the announcement that successful the modulation towards afloat unit ownership the squad astatine Giant Bomb is making a caller website. As indicated successful that announcement article, parts of the existent tract that they program to sphere are:

The afloat backlog of video content
All podcasts and feeds
Articles and reviews
Forums
Livestream pages (ad escaped for premium subscribers)
The Wiki!

With the Wiki specifically, the caller mentation of it volition beryllium "open source" and determination volition beryllium a Git Hub repository that assemblage members tin use, edit, and amended upon. Presently, @chucktowski is the 1 exploring imaginable engines to physique the wiki and adjacent mentation of the site. If you are funny successful helping with the process of making oregon investigating thing similar this, past capable retired this signifier and Chuck volition adhd you volition beryllium added to a caller conception connected the Discord called "Wiki Street Team."

What astir features that aren't listed supra arsenic priorities? As they say, ne'er accidental never, but portion Chuck is simply a workhorse helium tin lone bash truthful overmuch and the contiguous nonsubjective is to marque a halfway for the tract that tin beryllium built upon later. That said, Giant Bomb's tract chat is gone and Twitch and YouTube volition beryllium the hosts for chat moving forward. Look, I loved the tract chat; I adjacent utilized it to enactment myself connected the front-page for foundation streams. Nonetheless, the happening was a method nightmare down the scenes and there's nary denying that the numbers connected it person been dropping similar a rock. Likewise, if you are acrophobic astir blogs and lists being lost, Chuck promises that determination volition beryllium a mode for you to retrieve their nary longer publically disposable created content. Will it beryllium perfectly formatted and conscionable similar it was erstwhile you archetypal published it? No, but remainder assured thing is being done to assistance everyone support astir of the peculiar things person made connected Giant Bomb. You whitethorn inactive privation to instrumentality immoderate clip to backmost up your ain enactment arsenic well.

The program is to person a Beta for Premium Subscribers astir August wherever you'll beryllium capable to trial retired the caller tract and stock input. The contiguous tract volition inactive beryllium disposable to usage during that time. Around November to December, the squad is hoping to bash a afloat tract launch. However, that is to beryllium determined arsenic the caller tract is lone dropping erstwhile it is acceptable for premier time.

Jeff Grubb has published a thread asking the assemblage to stock what sorts of video features oregon concepts you'd similar to spot successful the future. If you consciousness particularly passionate astir what you'd similar to spot marque a comeback, see filling retired this signifier Grubb has acceptable up.

And present for thing different. In what tin lone beryllium picture arsenic possibly the astir palmy assemblage lawsuit successful years, Giant Bomb has taken The New York Times' "Top 10 Movies of the 21st Century" gimmick and made it astir video games! That's right, it is clip for you to nonstop successful a ballot for The Top 10 Games of the 21st Century! If you person immoderate questions astir what qualifies for inclusion, click the nexus to work the article. Otherwise, get your ballot successful earlier the extremity of July 3rd! If you determine to marque your ballot nationalist by posting it successful the signifier of a list, fto maine cognize and I'll beryllium blessed to showcase it!

And finally, conscionable arsenic a travel up to things that I reported past week, Rorie's Patreon is officially live and the aforesaid goes for Bakalar's webcomic. Please enactment either of them successful their endeavors nevertheless you can. Likewise, TurboShawn has updated their Linktree to assistance radical who privation to proceed to travel them wherever they go.

Art

Mike Rascal In Mega Man + Blight Club x Death Stranding (By: @jearum)

Jearum erstwhile again graces america with 2 magnificent works of art. The archetypal puts Mike dressed arsenic Rascal and trying to implicit a level of Mega Man with their ain Rascal-inspired mentation of the Mega Buster. Second, they illustrated the unit arsenic characters successful Death Stranding 2 successful the creation benignant of Yoji Shinkawa arsenic a movie poster.

As a last aside, don't hide that jearum is taking creation commissions and comes highly recommended by the unit and this community.

Check Out My Rascal Hat (Lore Accurate) (By: @poconopaul)

After making a miniature mentation of Pipo successful existent life, poconopaul present showcases their effort to marque the chapeau successful Rascal a reality! They besides added successful a mates of buttons to marque it thing that Mike could get behind.

Danman (By: NickToilet)

So... possibly Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is simply a bully video game? No matter, NickToilet had a manus astatine trying to graft Dan arsenic a doll successful the game. And arsenic always, they besides person a amusive timelapse of them making this enactment of art.

Did Someone Say Billboard? (By: @kone)

During The Bombcast, the unit mentioned that they'd emotion to get caller humor successful the Giant Bomb assemblage and would adjacent see buying a billboard. Kone imagines a satellite wherever that really happens.

New Giant Bomb Retro Logo(By: sophiemvgray)

Over connected Bluesky, Sophie Gray tried their manus astatine making a new, albeit retro-inspired, mentation of the Giant Bomb logo and I deliberation we tin each hold that they did an AMAZING JOB!

It's A Lockdown Baby(By: TompTomp)

I've said it earlier and I'll accidental it again, fastener maine up and propulsion distant the key.

Mike Just Wants To Protect You (By: michaelroleary)

As idiosyncratic other pointed out, this could beryllium a existent country successful Kingdom Hearts and cipher would bash a fuckin thing.

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Videos

Myst with Mitch #1 - FMV Scenes With Added Subtitles (By: Firehair)

A communal ailment with the mentation of Myst that Mitch is playing is that subtitles bash not play oregon amusement up erstwhile you play Myst with the FMV cutscenes alternatively of the newer ones. To assistance retired radical with imaginativeness issues, Firehair decided to bash radical a coagulated and see them.

Activities

Voting Thread For The Next Game Pick For The Giant Bomb Game Of The Month Club +

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

Voting for the adjacent crippled prime for the Giant Bomb Game of the Month Club is up! To the close you volition find the existent database of nominees to take from! If you would similar to suggest a crippled beryllium added to the database of nominees, consciousness escaped to bash that successful the thread arsenic well.

And arsenic always, the existent prime for the nine is Monster Train 2 and everyone is encouraged to stock what they deliberation are the champion decks and combinations to bushed the crippled for anyone that is inactive struggling with it.

The GB Album Club 087 - Take Me To The Disco by Meg Myers (By: @unclejam23)

The latest prime for the Giant Bomb Album of the Week Club is Take Me To The Disco by Meg Myers! Any thoughts astir Myers' 2nd workplace album? Share distant and besides retrieve that if you would similar to articulation the nine to fto UncleJam23 cognize successful the comments of this thread.

Blogs

June 2025 Next Fest Demo Impressions [Part 1]: Danchi Days, Cast N Chill, Downhill, Dispatch, Thysiastery, & Bloodthief (By: @zombiepie)

You acceptable for immoderate blobber action?

Danchi Days, Cast n Chill, Downhill, Dispatch, Thysiastery and Bloodthief are the crippled demos from the June 2025 Next Fest that ZombiePie wants to speech astir with their latest blog wherein they sermon the astir notable crippled demos they played during the event.

The Early Evolution of Sound and Music successful Video Games: 1988 (By: @alianger)

alianger has different introduction successful their blog bid looking astatine the improvement of video crippled euphony and dependable plan with an effort examining the technological betterment successful 1988, particularly the X68000 machine successful Japan! Do you similar it erstwhile your chiptunes shriek?

Game OVA Season 4: Episode 2 — What's Michael? +

Indie Game of the Week 425: LumbearJack (By: @mento)

Where other connected the net tin you larn astir the OVA and video crippled versions of Michael English Daibouken different than Giant Bomb? As they erstwhile again delve into the aged schoolhouse OVA-to-video crippled pipeline, this week they instrumentality you connected a chaotic travel astir Japanese edutainment!

And yet again Mento has a caller variation of their "Indie Game of the Week" diagnostic but this clip they are looking astatine LumbearJack! Is determination much to this physics-based puzzle crippled beyond the cozy and comedic visuals? Read to find out!

All Saturn Games In Order: July 1996 (By: @borgmaster)

borgmaster has different circuit done each North American Sega Saturn crippled with a look astatine NHL Powerplay '96, Galaxy Fight, DecAthlete, and Legend of Oasis! If immoderate of those games get your nostalgia Spidey Senses tingling, driblet them a comment.

Walking Alone: Death Stranding arsenic Hideo Kojima’s Post-Konami Auteur Manifesto (By: @pauljeremiah)

Time for a re-assessment of OG Death Stranding?

With reviews of Death Stranding 2 saying the crippled is an acquisition adjacent for Kojima skeptics, is it clip for a re-assessment of the archetypal game? That's astatine the bosom of pauljeremiah's latest blog and you tin remark if you hold oregon disagree.

Clair Obscur's Endings, And A Question Of Perspectie [Spoilers!] (By: @mooseymcman)

Interested successful talking store astir the communicative for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, particularly its ending and unanswered questions, and don't caput spoilers? If that's the case, past this blog by MooseyMcMan mightiness beryllium what you are looking for! Share distant if you liked oregon disliked the game's ending and each of the conclusions for its memorable formed of characters.

Not E3 2025: The PC Gaming Show, The Latin American Games Showcase, and More (By: @gamer_152)

Was The PC Gaming Show different clunker oregon a item this year?

Moderator Gamer_152 has the last blog successful which they reappraisal the 2025 Not-E3 conferences they watched each the mode through! The expansive finale discusses the PC Gaming Show and MORE but besides pontificates astir the authorities of Not-E3 and what aboriginal it inactive tin have.

Discussion Threads

A Real Shame That The Developer Don't Nod Is Laying Off Employees (By: @monkeyking1969)

the quality coming from Don't Nod is simply a existent bummer.

Reports are saying an undisclosed fig of employees astatine Don't Nod person been laid off. Learn astir the details and stock your thoughts successful the Giant Bomb thread linked above. With erstwhile disfunction astatine the workplace having been reported erstwhile its workers decided to unionize, are you surprised?

Capcom Direct Discussion Thread (By: @fishlion)

So, Capcom decided to person its ain streaming lawsuit successful which they showcased the large games they person successful the works that they anticipation radical bask successful the future. Whether it beryllium swimsuits successful Street Fighter 6 oregon Resident Evil Requiem, stock what caught your attraction during Capcom's peculiar showcase.

Best Movies Of The 21st Century (By: @atheistpreacher)

Requiem is looking similar a coagulated game?

It has been the root of statement and mockery since it debuted, but which movies did you see successful your ballot for The New York Times' "Best Movies of the 21st Century" assemblage event? Is determination are a crushed wherefore you picked the 10 films you did? Share away!

MindsEye, A Hottest Mess Frontrunner, Got Depressingly Hotter And Messier With Layoffs Reported Pending At Its Studio (By: @zombiepie)

The concern with MindsEye and developer Build a Rocket Boy is bad. Really bad. Anyone person a absorption to the crippled and Benzies' handling of the game's release? Do you foresee immoderate aboriginal for Build a Rocket Boy Games aft this release?

The Summer '25 Season Looks Stacked (By: @dochaus)

The Summer '25 anime play is looking STACKED! Are determination immoderate shows you are already enjoying close now? Maybe 1 you can't hold to watch? Maybe... you tin deliberation of a amusement that Dan mightiness bask watching oregon a amusement the different Giant Bomb unit would love.

Project Motor Racing's Single Player Career Mode Trailer (By: @gtxforza)

Also, is this dialog a nett affirmative for america and society?

Project Motor Racing is trying to measure itself arsenic an alternate successful the racing sim arena to the likes of iRacing oregon Assetto Corsa. This week, successful bid to drum up immoderate hype towards their effort, they released a single-player run trailer that you are encouraged to sermon and relay thoughts about.

Any Tips For A New Elden Ring Player That Jumped Into It After The Release Of Nightreign? (By: @treethan)

Elden Ring Nightreign was bound to bash this to a non-zero fig of people, but determination players that are jumping into Elden Ring for the archetypal clip due to the fact that of Nightreign. Do you person immoderate proposal for these people? Any tips and/or tricks to assistance them debar communal mistakes?

Lists

Also, are you pursuing the 1 crippled per franchise regularisation with your list/ballot?

The Top 10 Games of the 21st Century (By: @razorblade79)

Top Ten Games of the 21st Century (By: @thepickle)

The 10 Best Games of the 21st Century (By: @anonymousbroccoli)

Top 10 Games of the Century (So Far...) (By: @devoureroftime)

As to beryllium expected, a clump of Giant Bomb members person decided to usage the site's database diagnostic to publically stock their ballots towards Giant Bomb's "The Top 10 Games of the 21st Century" assemblage competition! If you determine to marque your ballot public, conscionable fto retired a yelp and I would beryllium blessed to see it connected the adjacent variation of the Community Spotlight.

A Pair of Eights betwixt 2009 and 2024 (By: @infantpipoc)

Though we are well-removed from GOTY season, but infantpipoc decided to person immoderate GOTY amusive this week by re-ranking everyone GOTY they person awarded and subtracting for "recency bias." Get an thought of what their conception is and see making your ain mentation if and erstwhile you can.

My RPG Pile of Shame (By: @majormitch)

While they person decidedly gotten amended astir tackling the large games successful the genre implicit time, MajorMitch lays retired each of their confessions astir not being an adept astatine RPGs, and the astir salient games successful their "pile of shame" successful the arena of RPGs.

Reviews

@danryback's retro warring crippled reviews are back!. To footwear disconnected this reboot, they played and reviewed Street Fighter EX3! Is determination immoderate crushed to instrumentality to the crippled today? Click the nexus to spot what they think.

Wiki Of The Week

Diablo II

A crippled that requires nary introduction, particularly to your wrist.

Diablo II, astir apt the astir important action-RPG ever made, is celebrating its 25th anniversary! Is determination a crushed wherefore truthful galore clasp the crippled successful arsenic high-regard arsenic they do? You tin get a consciousness of wherefore by checking retired the game's wiki page! Also, did immoderate of you get RSI due to the fact that of Diablo II?

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