Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host once again this week! The main site has semi-officially, I mean look at the amount of boxes from last week's UPF, moved into its new office. As the site transitions into its new office understand that things may be a little on the "wonky" side in terms of audio quality. With that aside the inklings of Game of the Year are drawing upon us...slowly but surely. As we speak the staff themselves are completing their Top Ten Lists! All things considered, let us go over a few bits of housekeeping:
- Community Voting for GOTY 2015 will hopefully launch next week!
- Have YOU created any 2015 Game of the Year content on Giant Bomb? Drop a link on this Spotlight, and I will promote it on Twitter and on the next Spotlight!
- The Giant Bomb Game Jam, ROM 2 IS OVER! You can play all of the games that came from the jam Over RIGHT NOW!
Clip(s) of the Week
- Dave Lang - A Stupid Blue Dot (By: @viper) - VipeR created a kinetic typography of Dave Lang's rendition of Sagan's "A Pale Blue Dot" reflection.
- The Blurst of Dan Ryckert (By: @ampatent) - Ampatent has compiled all of the "Blurst of Dan Ryckert" into one hilarious video for your enjoyment!
- Caravella's Critical Crisis (By: Alpha Beta Gamer) - Experience the the life of Vinny Caravella in "Caravella’s Critical Crisis," a Giant Bomb themed browser game.
The Giant Bomb Galleria
- BANNER - A Giant Bomb Christmas (By: @lcom) - Giant Bomb East's Austin Walker is Santa Claus in this wonderful work of fanart by LCom. I have also included some in-progress sketches that LCom has posted on Tumblr.
- Jeff is "The One" (By: @sanj) - sanj has a hunch that Jeff may be "The One" to liberate us from The Matrix.
Gallery
Community Activities
- Ungh Yeah Yeah: The Xenoblade Chronicles X GB Squad - We now have a Giant Bomb Community Squad for Xenoblade Chronicles X! Learn how to join it over here
- Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Co-Op Help Thread - Are any of you interested in seeking co-op help from GB users in The Old Hunters? Comment Here and it Will Happen!
- Nuclear Throne Tips and Tricks Thread - With Nuclear Throne officially released share and post what advice you have for newcomers!
Best of Blogs
- PlayStation Experience, Hoodslam, SCEA, and GB in 100 Words-ish (By: @marino) - Giant Bomb moderator Marino was able to experience the PlayStation Experience, Hoodslam, SCEA, and Giant Bomb in person! See what it was like on this blog.
- Fallout 4 May Have a Poopy Narrative, but it Does a Lot to Make the Open World Feel Like a Powder Keg Ready to Blow (By: @n7) - N7 shares his conflicted thoughts with the narrative, as well as his positive impressions of its open world, of Fallout 4 on his latest blog.
- Issues with Life is Strange Finale [SPOILERS!] (By: @foxxfireart) - FoxxFireArt shares the major issues that he has with how Life is Strange ended, despite loving the series overall.
- Go! Go! GOTY! '15 (By: @mento) - Mento has another week of impressions on some less-celebrated 2015 games this week, including Titan Souls and Technobabylon. Check them out here.
- 2016 Predictions (By: @sparky_buzzsaw) - Sparky_Buzzsaw made some 2016 predictions related to gaming on his latest blog, and you can join him as well!
- There's Something to Lifeless Planet...Just not Quite Enough (By: @notnert427) - notnert427 shares why he found Lifeless Planet to be a game filled with missed opportunities on his latest blog.
- Decemblog: A Few Updates From The World Of Dan (By: @dankempster) - dankempster shares why Assassin's Creed Syndicate is the most fun he's had with an Assassin's Creed game since Assassin's Creed II.
- A Short History of Randomness in Games (or "Why No Man's Sky is Just a Pretty Pitfall!") (By: @gkhan) - gkhan comments on No Man's Sky, and the history of "randomness" in video game design on his latest blog.
- 2015 - The Year of Games I Bought but Never Finished (By: @hardtarget) - There were 29 games that Hardtarget bought and enjoyed this year, but he also never finished. Read what they were over here.
- Rec's Video Game Song of the Year 2013 (Yes, 2013) (By: @recspec) - RecSpec got into the mood of GOTY by going back to 2013 where he examined his favorite game songs from that year.
- 40 Hours in - Fallout 4 (By: @dinoracha) - Dinoracha has now sunk in over forty hours into Fallout 4, and shares his formative opinions related to the game.
- PlayStation Plus Catch-Up: Fall 2015 (By: @mooseymcman) - MooseyMcMan is still playing catch up with all of the PlayStation Plus games that have come out.
Join the Discussion
- Dan Ryckert's Taco Bell Taste Challenge Data Analysis (By: @theadmin) - TheAdmin has created spreadsheets that examine Dan Ryckert's last "Taco Bell Adventure." Marvel at Dan's Taco Bell folly!
- Your Gaming Wishes in a Perfect World (By: @jec03) - If you could magically make the game industry a "more perfect world," what would you wish for? Share your "wishful" picks over here.
- Yakuza 5 Discussion Thread (By: @getz) - With Yakuza 5 finally out feel free to share your thoughts and impressions of the game if you have played it.
- SteamWorld Heist Discussion Thread (By: @shades846) - SteamWorld Heist came out recently! Share your impressions of the game with the other Giant Bomb community members that bought it.
- Dr. Langeskov Discussion Thread (By: @adequatelyprepared) - Have you tried out Dr. Langeskov, the latest creation from the makers of The Stanley Parable, recently? If so comment about it here.
- Pokemon Picross Discussion Thread (By: @dietomaha) - Have any of you tried out Pokémon Picross, Nintendo's latest "Free-to-Start" experiment? If you have join our community discussion for the game over here.
Lovable Lists
- 5 Painfully Dumb Awards 2015 (By: @themasterds) - Instead of creating the typical GOTY list this year, TheMasterDS has doled out "5 Painfully Dumb Awards," to various notable games from 2015.
- My Favorite Video Game Music of 2015 (By: @majormitch) - MajorMitch found that there were plenty of examples of awesome game music in 2015! Read all about which scores he found the most memorable.
- 2015 Game of the Year (By: @ozone) - 2015 was a solid year for gaming in Ozone's books, and you can see why on his GOTY list.
- Top 5 Games I Played in 2015 (By: @adzpearson) - AdzPearson could only think of five games worthy of being on his 2015 GOTY list. So see which games won the rare distinction over here.
- Best of 2015 (By: @natedagr811) - natedagr811 spent a good deal of time pontificating about which games would grace his GOTY list, and here they are.
- Game of the Year 2015 (By: @phatmac) - Phatmac has finally decided on which games will be on his top ten 2015 GOTY list! See what they are over here.
- Metalsnakezero GOTY 2015 (By: @metalsnakezero) - metalsnakezero has taken the time to list out the ten games that topped his GOTY 2015 list.
Useful User Reviews
- @riostarwind played Burial at Sea Episode Two and discusses why he found it to be an effective epilogue to Bioshock Infinite.
- @riostarwind also comments on why the Xbox One version of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is "wanting" at best.
- Is Imageepoch's strategy RPG, Stella Glow, worth your time? Check out @vert_vermillion's review in order to find out.
Wonderful Wikis
- PlayStation Experience 2015 - Moderator @marino added over 700 wiki points worth of text, as well as 600 photos, to our PlayStation Experience 2015 and it is a wiki page to marvel at.
