The Community Spotlight 2025.10.11 – Giant Bomb

Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Review! I, @zombeepeeI'm once again honored to be your host as we look back at site-related news and the best community creations from the past week!

First of all, I hope you enjoyed Giant Bomb. GOLF WEEK topic! If you're still crazy about golf, the Giant Bomb Store has some new merchandise for Golf Week!

Want to know why a T-shirt is a little more expensive than a regular T-shirt? Well, it's not a T-shirt. Giant Bomb has partnered with Sport-Tek to ensure this shirt uses the company's PosiCharge material to make it a true golf-ready collared shirt! Also, don’t forget that all merch sales now go to support the site. That said, here are some AWESOME photos of Mike posing in the new merch!

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You can't beat a left-handed swing stance by holding a right-handed club with a left-handed grip.

And the “Giant Bomb” train of positivity doesn’t stop! We finally have a date and time for the Giant Bombathon! The in-person streaming extravaganza begins on Monday, October 27th at around 2:00 pm PT. Remember, this is a 24/7 broadcast, so if you're at work when it starts, you should be able to join in on the fun while it's eventually happening. Also, don't forget that Grubb, Bacalar, Dan, Ian, Mike, and Chuck and Sean will be among the many guests!

Again, the impetus for Bombathon is subscribe to premium subscriptions as well as supporting the Giant Bomb team as the site takes its final steps towards independence. If you want to help, you can renew your premium subscription, consider gifting it to a friend, or encourage your players to create accounts on the site so you can send them a gift subscription, or leave donations to Giant Bomb. Page co-hosting!

If you're reading this when it was first published, a friend of the site, Tamour, is streaming “Medical Aid for the Palestinians.” You can check out their stream and charity work here. on your Twitch account.

Finally, let's talk about the account transfer consent reminder that everyone has received and that makes some people nervous. First, if you have already agreed to the site transfer, everything is fine and you don't need to do anything. This email was sent to everyone whose email address is listed in the database to ensure that everyone who wants to join Giant Bomb in the next steps knows what they need to do. If you really want to check if you're okay click on this link. You will see a disclaimer with a button to click only if you have not yet agreed to the account transfer process.

I've said this before, but it bears repeating. If you personally know anyone who has ever posted or used Giant Bomb, please contact them and ask them to save their accounts. If they say they've left, that's fine, but we really want everyone who has any personal connection to their usernames to keep them, and that can only happen if they log into Giant Bomb and click the button to join the site as it transitions to something new.

Related, but if you're on the beta site, you can use that rather than the current site to renew your premium subscriptions, and if you're still having trouble logging into the beta and premium, DM chucktowski with your Discord email/username.

Art

Golf Week “Coffee Art” (TO: @sir5000)

You all enjoyed sir5000's coffee art last week, so here's a snapshot of what they did in honor of Giant Bomb Golf Week! If I do say so myself, adding a green lawn was a great decision.

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Jeff Bakalar Food (TO: Jess Jeverage)

For those of you who know about the Jesse Plemons Food meme, Jess Jeveridge at Bluesky decided to put his own spin on the meme, except it's a photo of Jeff Bakalar and includes what they think Bakalar would order from Wendy's! “Sometimes I can do it” is by far the best part!

Mikey Shaq + Clear Meme Golf Tee (From: SoulScreme)

When Mike poses for the camera to show off the new Golf Week merchandise, it can only mean one thing: MEMES!

Thank you so much to SoulScreme for kicking off the Mike Wolfe Week memes with this hilarious photoshop job, and if you want to join in on the fun, I've included a clear version of the Mike in Golf Week memorabilia for your enjoyment.

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Activity

The GB Album Club 099 – Turn on the bright lights from Interpol (TO: @unclejam23)

Album of the Week “Giant Bomb” The Club makes another CLASSIC with Interpol's “Turn on the Bright Lights”! Are there any Interpol fans among you? If so, how does it fit in with the rest of their work? Is it a station wagon, as many believe?

Creatures Of Ava is the 10th UUGPGC game of Year 4. Will end by November 1st. Flag all spoilers. (TO: @bigsocrates)

Ava's creatures To Inverge Studios and Chibig has been selected for this month's Giant Bomb Game of the Month Club! Join the fun and share your thoughts on the game by clicking the link above!

Also, this is the final call to join the Game of the Month Club to discuss Hurdling from Okomotive, but be aware that SPOILERS ARE OPEN! For those who joined the group with this game, what do you think about its completion? Share your final impressions now.

Blogs

Why does every Trilobyte game always have a chess puzzle? Why does every Trilobyte game always have a chess puzzle?
Why does every Trilobyte game always have a chess puzzle?

Puzzle Game “In Search of the Worst Adventure”: Mike, the 11th Hour is much worse than the 7th Guest [Part 1] (TO: @zombeepee)

Inspired by Mike Minotti's journey through the game, moderator Giant Bomb ZombiePie decided to boot up and play the game's sequel. 11th hour. They write why it is much worse than The Seventh Guest. So it's a lot worse than The Seventh Guest.

Tuesdays* of Terror: 7th Guest +

Indie Game of the Week 440: The Vagrant (TO: @mento)

Moderator Mento, also inspired by Mike's adventures in the game, decided to play and rate every puzzle in the game. 7th guest! What puzzles did they really struggle with and how did they feel about the chess puzzles? Read on to get into the spooky spirit.

Remember this game? Remember this game?
Remember this game?

Cyberspace: The Many Adversities of Virtual Reality (TO: @gamer_152)

What is the absolute state of VR gaming in Our Lord's 2025? Does the future look promising? Moderator Giant Bomb Gamer_152 tries to answer these two questions while they also try to navigate the smoke and mirrors of the current virtual reality landscape!

AtheistPreacher Media Digest, October 2025 (TO: @atheistpreacher)

Man, you all really enjoy talking about visual novels, don't you? The AthiestPreacher blog goes into detail about Zero Escape: Nonary Games has been one of the most talked about blogs on our site in a while, so I'm excited to include it a second time to get some much needed and justifiable attention.

Discussion topics

Do any of you have any thoughts on this game? Do any of you have any thoughts on this game?
Do any of you have any thoughts on this game?

This leak/discord breach does feel like a reminder of how flawed online identity rules are. (TO: @zombeepee)

The Discord leak/hack shocked a lot of people this week, so much so that many are wondering whether age verification laws in the UK and other countries will lead to an endless stream of hacks or security vulnerabilities in the future. What do you think?

Will I start with the director's cut of Ghost of Tsushima before Ghost of Yotei? (TO: @monkeyking1969)

For those of you who play Ghost of Yoteiis it recommended to play Ghost of Tsushima first? Is this experience necessary to fully appreciate and enjoy Yotei? Is Yōtei's tutorial or gameplay enough for beginners?

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Modern podcasts with advertising built into the show (TO: @heraldfighter64)

What is your overall impression of the current state of podcast advertising and advertising? Do embedded ads hurt your ability to enjoy podcasts? Are there alternatives to support podcast creators? Share in this thread.

That says a lot since Microsoft had to make a statement AGAIN that they are not completely abandoning console hardware. (TO: @zombeepee)

It speaks volumes that Xbox once again had to clarify that it's not abandoning hardware, but even so, how little trust do you have in them? As Grubb said during Game Mess Mornings, how much do you think Microsoft's leadership actually has to do with Xbox and Game Pass?

Hades II is finally out, but REALLY! Hades II is finally out, but REALLY!
Hades II is finally out, but REALLY!

Hades II full version discussion thread (TO: @gyratyne)

What is everyone's impression of the full version? Hades II? Did you like the new mechanics? How different is it from the first game? Is the whole story good and what did you think of it? Milling as the new leader?

Lists

But seriously, when did the TMNT franchise become popular again? But seriously, when did the TMNT franchise become popular again?
But seriously, when did the TMNT franchise become popular again?

Pyrokinetics (TO: @jacobproper1)

Once again, JacobProper1 is working on a new comprehensive list and needs YOUR HELP! Right now they are working on creating a list of all the characters that can be considered pyrokinetic. take a look at who they have currently and leave a comment if you can think of more examples!

Retro Renaissance (TO: @thecollectorx)

Games that honor or revive works from the 80s or 90s are all the rage right now, so thecollectorx tried to come up with the best examples, as well as upcoming releases, in this new list. Also, when did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles become “trendy” or “cool” again? Did I miss something?

User reviews

It's also one of the few times a Star Wars game has been fully ported into the Star Wars EU. It's also one of the few times a Star Wars game has been fully ported into the Star Wars EU.
It's also one of the few times a Star Wars game has been fully ported into the Star Wars EU.

@djcube's Star Wars: The Clone Wars was written due to the game's mythical status in the emulator community, as it was one of the hardest GameCube games to emulate, but they found a completely solid and fun vehicle combat game that people shouldn't overlook.

@djcube I also decided to check it out Shrek is very biga platformer that ties into the first film, but strangely doesn't follow the plot or events of the film at all. Is there anything in the game worth noting other than the new stuff? Read on to find out!

Wiki of the week

Handsome Joe

Also, do you have any pleasant memories of this game? Also, do you have any pleasant memories of this game?
Also, do you have any pleasant memories of this game?

October 7 marks the 22nd anniversary of the North American release of Viewtiful Joe! If you want to get an idea of ​​why this stylish action game is so beloved by those who have played it, you should read Giant Bomb's comprehensive and AMAZING wiki page for the game!

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