The Community Spotlight 2025.05.31

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.

Now, let's not creation astir it, the large talking constituent this week is each astir Giant Bomb's Summer Game Fest plans (a.k.a. Not-E3 2025). Presently, GB@Nite is happening, but things are inactive being planned, discussed, and organized arsenic we speak. I cognize that immoderate of you noticed that during UPF Dan was joking astir "adding a 3rd night" owed to each the calls he's getting from radical wanting to beryllium connected the couch. Just beryllium aware, plans tin change. Things are a small spot antithetic this twelvemonth for evident reasons.

What is rapidly taking signifier are the planned conferences for that summertime week. Many acknowledgment to @marino for making an incredibly useful Not-E3 2025 Time Zone Chart™ article, but if anyone wants to prevention the nonstop nexus to the chart, here you go. Also, consciousness escaped to driblet comments to immoderate precocious announced conferences that are not connected the expanse oregon date/time updates.

E3 is Dead, All Hail Not-E3!

Moving on, immoderate of you caught Kinda Funny interacting with Giant Bomb acknowledgment to Elden Ring Nightreign. If you privation to spot things from their perspective, you tin bash truthful with KF's VOD implicit here. Also, Giant Bomb's UPF 5/31/2025 VOD is connected YouTube.

Equally bully news, Calvinball, the writer of the Giant Bomb QOL web extension, has travel retired of status to people the 5.0 mentation of the hold aft a astir 1 twelvemonth hiatus. If you announcement immoderate bugs with the feature, consciousness escaped to driblet a comment.

by Kone

Next, support @chucktowski posted astir immoderate method issues oregon site-breaking bugs you brushwood and consciousness escaped to nonstop emails to [email protected] astir immoderate issues with merchandise bought from the Emporium oregon immoderate questions you person astir your Premium Subscription. A increasing fig of assemblage members person noticed they were billed the aged complaint for Premium and not the caller 1 and they'd similar to bash their portion to support the unit together. If that applies to you see pinging Rorie (mrorie) connected the "site-tech-issues" transmission connected the Giant Bomb Discord.

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Art

Friendship Hotdog Sticker Design + Mike Minotti Mock Album Cover (By: NickToilet)

NickToilet continues to beryllium connected a rotation with amusive and hilarious designs of the Giant Bomb unit and this week they made a mock sticker plan of Jan successful hotdog signifier arsenic good arsenic . You tin besides drawback a timelapse of them making the hotdog sticker arsenic good arsenic a timelapse of the mock medium cover.

Mike Rascal Blight Club Stand-ins (By: @jearum)

Jearum decided to instrumentality the stand-in screens for Mike's maddening descent into Rascal and stock them connected societal media. If you wanted the accidental to prevention this artwork for your idiosyncratic collection, present is the cleanable clip for that.

Tit Rascal Sicko Meme + Wayne's World Bakalar (By: @kone)

As Kone enactment it truthful succinctly, with a quality named "Tit Rascal," this merger of memes had to beryllium done, right? Likewise, Bakalar is simply a known person of Wayne's World truthful Kone decided to merge them into 1 of their favourite comedies.

Rascal But Mike (By: SlaminKablamin)

Over connected the Giant Bomb Discord SlaminKablamin made this crippled screen successful grant of Mike's existent Blight Club struggles with Rascal. I deliberation we tin each hold that they perfectly nailed it! Also, consciousness escaped to usage the nexus to articulation the Discord truthful you tin bask works of creation similar these went they archetypal hit.

Grubb x Bubsy At Accolade HQ (By: psford)

Over connected BlueSky, Frank Cifaldi recovered an aged promotional representation from Accolade showcasing a antheral successful a Bubsy suit posing adjacent to the executives astatine the company. After Dan asked for idiosyncratic to bash thing with this involving Grubb, psford made the magic happen.

Bluesky

Videos

Tip Team: Finding An Extra Life In Rascal (By: @turboman)

The Tip Team is backmost baybeeeee, but acknowledgment to person of the site, TurboMan! If you privation to ticker and bask their spell astatine making a modern mentation of PlayStation's world-class Tip Team, person this video clip a go!

Activities

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

Let's perceive to immoderate Summer JAMS together!

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.

Mullet Mad Jack Is The 5th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By June 1! Spoilers are OPEN! (By: @bigsocrates)

Nothing stops the Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club! The radical is inactive up and moving and the existent prime is Mullet Mad Jack! Share your thoughts of the crippled arsenic good arsenic your tips for radical that person yet to bushed it implicit here!

Blogs

Our Life: Beginnings & Always, a.k.a. The Visual Novel Equivalent of ASMR (By: @atheistpreacher)

AtheistPreacher has different ocular caller reappraisal and this 1 tackles Our Life: Beginnings & Always! Read wherefore they deliberation the crippled is adored by its fans and is an incredibly peculiar enactment successful the tract of ocular novels.

Indie Game of the Week 421: 1000xResist +

May nary Monogatari: Part Three (PlayStation) (By: @mento)

Moderator Mento is jumping connected the Kojima zeitgeist by playing and discussing Policenauts connected the PlayStation! Read what they deliberation of this cult classical connected Giant Bomb and if it inactive holds up oregon is each nostalgic hype these days!

Likewise, this variation of their "Indie Game of the Week" looked astatine 1000xResist and they stock wherefore they already deliberation this crippled should person made their 2024 GOTY database contempt lone being connected Chapter 8.

PokéGenerated: Crystal (Gen 2) (By: @daavpuke)

What was it similar dusting disconnected the aged Game Boy Color to play immoderate Pokémon Crystal? daavpuke decided to springiness it a changeable and you tin work each astir however that went and if they reignited their classical portable gaming itch with this caller adventure!

Congratulations To Double Fine & Psychonauts' 20th Anniversary! That Said, The Xbox Era Sure Hasn't Generated Much! (By: @zombiepie)

As mentioned successful a erstwhile variation of the Community Spotlight, Psychonauts precocious celebrated its 20th anniversary! With that successful mind, ZombiePie decided to analyse their weird vigor soundlessness the past fewer years and theorize what mightiness beryllium up.

Eastern Echoes of Western Terror (By: @pauljeremiah)

The remake was a 2024 GOTY contender, but pauljeremiah decided to footwear up the archetypal mentation of Silent Hill 2 precocious and discusses astatine however they crippled manifests Eastern/Western ethos successful a profoundly haunting world.

Reject Switch 2, Return to DS (By: @jeremyf)

Speaking of portable gaming fun, jeremyf besides decided to cull modernity and alternatively of pre-ordering a Switch 2, they person decided to get backmost into playing games connected their Nintendo DS. Does the DS's room inactive clasp up?

Discussion Threads

EA Is The Worst Its Ever Been (By: @treethan)

What volition the aboriginal clasp for Codemasters?

With the cancellation of its Black Panther crippled and Codemasters seemingly successful the lurch, this seems similar the worst EA has looked successful a agelong while. What are your thoughts and bash you deliberation this is each EA's management's responsibility oregon is determination a antithetic culprit?

During The 2025 Xbox Summer Showcase, Is This The Year We See A PS5 oregon Sony Logo During World Premiers Or Release Trailers? (By: @zombiepie)

There's been a ton of rumors and speculation astir what to expect for Xbox's Summer Showcase, but bash you deliberation this is the twelvemonth we spot a PlayStation oregon PS5 notation astatine a showcase? Even if it is to denote games that are already announced for multiplatform releases, is this excessively overmuch for Microsoft?

The WRC Licensing Is Going Back From EA And Codemasters To Nacon And Kylotonn (By: @gtxforza)

Are you excited oregon expecting the worst?

The WRC licensing is going backmost from EA and Codemasters to Nacon and Kylotonn! Is this bully oregon atrocious quality and what bash you deliberation is going to hap to Codemasters astatine this point? Are you already expecting different circular of brutal layoffs led by EA executives?

Why Are These Sort Of Games On Game Pass? (By: @doubledaddydan)

With Game Pass and video crippled streaming present to stay, person immoderate of you noticed the glut of shovelware present hitting Game Pass and PSN? Was this ever bound to hap connected streaming platforms and tin you deliberation of immoderate pre-cautions that could halt oregon dilatory this?

The Greatest Video Game Trailer Of All Time Has Dropped For Former Amico Exclusive Finnigan Fox (By: @bigsocrates)

Of people we person a thread astir Amico stuff

There's caller Intellivision Amico quality and it isn't wholly astir the modern authorities of Tommy Tallarico! let's speech astir Happy Home Games and Finnigan Fox coming to Steam! That's right, the Giant Bomb forums are STILL your spot for BREAKING NEWS astir the Amico!

Rascal sucks. (By: @adam24)

Well, conscionable look astatine however Mike Minotti has played an indirect relation successful inspiring radical to marque caller treatment threads! The autarkic epoch is already looking similar a caller aureate property of Giant Bomb connected the forums!

Did Grubb Ever Find The Iblis Trigger? (By: @treethan)

Well said.

Similarly, it seems similar Grubb and his hijinks are besides inspiring radical to marque goofy threads connected the site. Nonetheless, arsenic the taxable posits, bash you privation the unit to delve deeper into Sonic lore?

Lists

Elements To A Good Immersive Sim (By: @m_kolibri)

Don't archer m_kolibri that the immersive sim is dead.

m_kolibri conscionable published a caller database and this 1 is titled "Elements to a Good Immersive Sim." Whether it beryllium communal stand-bys successful older oregon newer games, work each astir the items, weapons, tools, and mechanics they would privation successful their "dream" immersive sim.

Cancelled Games (By: @seanjhealy)

There are a fistful of games that got announced and ne'er came retired that seanjhealy can't assistance but lament ne'er came out. Here's a database of the games they astir regret got cancelled and consciousness escaped to marque your ain mentation of this database conception erstwhile you can.

Reviews

What niggling nitpicks annoy you astir this game?

@nateandrews' Metaphor: ReFantazio reappraisal goes implicit wherefore they decidedly deliberation the crippled is simply a worthwhile acquisition but besides not guilt-free of immoderate unevenness and pacing issues.

Wiki Of The Week

WarioWare Twisted!

This crippled and its weird tilt sensor definite were something!

Giant Bomb has ever been a pro-WarioWare website, so, WarioWare Twisted! precocious celebrating its 20th day seems similar a bully capable crushed to item its wiki leafage for this variation of the Wiki of the Week. Give the leafage a work and larn each astir the galore micro games successful it.

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