The Neighborhood Highlight 2025.04.19

Welcome to the newest version of the Big Bomb Neighborhood Highlight! I, @zombiepie, am as soon as once more honored to be your host as we glance again on the site-related information and greatest group creations from the final week!

As we glance again at the entire great issues Big Bomb and GameSpot did this week, please bear in mind that scheduling conflicts made a dent on a few of the authentic programming. For instance, there was no UPF and different days had their programming schedules lower brief. The workers are engaged on cool issues behind the scenes, and hope to convey you the fruits of their labor very quickly.

Relating to the location itself, one other main repair dropped on the location to handle the location video participant. In case you are nonetheless having points, please drop a remark over right here. Nonetheless, it does seem that disabling uBlock Origin and most advert blockers has been fixing a variety of, if not all of, the problems persons are reporting.

On the whole, @dtoast, the location engineers, and myself are having points replicating video participant issues following the latest website replace. In consequence, some folks nonetheless experiencing points are inspired to succeed in out through help@giantbomb.com or the location’s Zendesk ticketing system. As a part of your bug report, please attempt to embrace a display screen recording, screenshots, the title of your non-functional video, a listing of extensions you utilize together with your browser, and your browser model.

Likewise, whereas it looks as if the non-Premium podcast political adverts reported final week have been changed by ones led the Black Rifle Espresso Firm, which espouses clear political views whereas promoting their product. These adverts have been reported and ought to be faraway from the podcast shortly. Should you discover related adverts sooner or later, please report them on the Website-Tech-Points channel on the Big Bomb Discord, or let loose a yelp within the feedback and I can file a report in your behalf.

Weekly Record of Programming & Streams

Big Bomb Energy Block Programming

GameSpot Programming

Bluesky

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Artwork

Niki Grayson x Peanuts + Tamoor x Peanuts (By: @jearum)

Good friend of the location jearum is again with a brand new batch of Peanuts-inspired paintings imagining the Big Bomb workers as characters within the Peanuts universe. Up first, they tried their hand at making Niki and Tam characters and so they undoubtedly nailed it.

Actions

Atomfall Is The 4th Recreation Of UUGPGC 12 months 4! End By Might 1! Mark All Spoilers (By: @bigsocrates)

The Recreation Cross Recreation Membership is holding it hip and fashionable with its newest choose as this month it will have a look at Atomfall! Have any of you given Rise up’s newest recreation a shot? Are you sick and uninterested in how typically it’s good to use the steel detector? Share away over right here!

The GB Album Membership 084 – Low by David Bowie (Cycle Finale) (By: @unclejam23)

David Bowie’s Low closed the newest season for the Big Bomb Album Membership and the group is open to options and new blood for the following season! In case you are concerned about becoming a member of an internet album or music membership, then drop a remark within the thread!

Blogs

I am Taking part in All the things From Idol FX (Half III): Wait, The Drake of the 99 Dragons Studio Invented DLC?! (By: @zombiepie)

After a little bit of a hiatus, ZombiePie is again to their previous tips of each recreation from Idol FX AB, the developer behind the infamous Drake of the 99 Dragons. This week, they speak about two video games largely forgotten and absent on most online game databases: Grump and Imp. Wish to find out about how Idol FX by chance “invented” DLC?

The Dredge of Seventeen Rising: Redredgence (Half Two) +

Indie Recreation of the Week 416: Later Alligator (By: @mento)

This week, Mento has a brand new entry of their collection wanting on the 2017 recreation titles they missed with a brand new entry Metroid: Samus Returns! Is it extra than simply “extra Metroid?” Is it worthy of courting GOTY favors? You may simply need to learn to see what they suppose!

Likewise, this version of Mento’s “Indie Recreation of the Week” function appears to be like at Later Alligator by builders SmallBü and Pillow Battle. Do they suppose the sport has extra going for it than its cute artwork? Did they take pleasure in truly enjoying the sport?

That Was a Lot of DOOM (By: @ford_dent)

Ford_Dent just lately performed a LOT of DOOM and SIGIL together with for charity. So, this week they determined to evaluation the entire issues they’ve discovered about DOOM the final month and what suggestions and tips they’ve to present to anybody that could be a newcomer to the sport and its many WADs.

Double-Click on: What’s Up With the Change 2? (By: @gamer_152)

Will the Change 2 be a driver of creativity in gaming the best way the unique Change was? Will the Change 2 ever have a recreation as influential as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. What even is a console today? These are a few of the questions on the coronary heart of Gamer_152 ‘s newest weblog.

Lords of the Darkish Souls Clone (By: @atheistpreacher)

Lords of the Fallen just lately obtained an enormous patch that re-balanced elements of the sport and made it barely completely different than the sport it was at launch. So, AthiestPreacher determined to revive an previous weblog of theirs to see what precisely has modified and if these modifications have been for the higher.

Dialogue Threads

Nintendo Will Keep Change 2’s Pricing; Controllers & Equipment Are Going Up; Paused US Pre-Orders Start April twenty fourth (By: @zombiepie)

It goes with out saying that tech costs and tariff considerations have been a little bit of a recurring storyline this previous week. One of many larger information objects on that entrance includes Nintendo asserting that they’d be sustaining the initially introduced value for the Change 2 whereas additionally growing the value of controllers and equipment. When you’ve got any ideas about this, be at liberty to share them!

So Sony Simply Introduced One other PS5 Worth Improve To Europe And Different Markets (By: @abs_b)

Talking of which, the PS5 is leaping up in value in a number of nations, however not the US. Many are claiming that this can be a trickle down impact of Trump’s tariffs, however what do you suppose? Do you suppose Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have been searching for an excuse to lift costs earlier than?

Satan Might Cry Netflix Anime Dialogue Thread (By: @topcyclist)

How does everybody really feel about Netflix’s Satan Might Cry present? Did you find yourself liking or resenting its artistic modifications from the video video games? Do you get or perceive the controversy related to it? No matter you solutions are to these questions, be at liberty to share them within the thread linked above!

Citing Tariffs, RetroTINK Will Quickly Stop Delivery To The US Quickly; Razer & Framework Pause Sale of Some Laptops (By: @zombiepie)

RetroTINK goes to quickly block US prospects from shopping for their merchandise attributable to tariffs. Additionally, Razer and Framework are blocking gross sales of some laptops attributable to tariffs. Do you suppose extra within the gaming and tech sphere will comply with go well with?

PSA: Now Is In all probability A Good Time To Improve Your Digital Gadgets (By: @atheistpreacher)

It is one other thread bump, however the subject is as topical as ever. Have any of you made current tech purchases in an try and keep away from predicted ballooning tech costs attributable to tariffs? Do you count on to make purchases this summer season?

Lists

All Keighley’s Quests (By: @infantpipoc)

infantpipoc appears to be like again at The Recreation Awards and each recreation to win “Finest RPG” at a Keighley-led occasion. If you wish to see which video games have received the award, it is price a learn! Give it a learn on and do not forget that bizarre time when JRPGs by no means received recreation present awards.

Prime 10 Video games Of The PS2/Xbox/GameCube Technology (By: @desuroku)

Desuroku is not as previous as another Big Bomb followers, so, they grew up on the PS2/Xbox/GameCube technology of online game consoles and so they determined to look again and checklist what they suppose are one of the best and most essential video games from that period.

Finest Video games of 2024 (By: @guip1408)

guip1408 lastly obtained round to creating a 2024 GOTY checklist and you may try which video games they suppose have been one of the best from the yr. Keep in mind, I’m all the time completely happy to advertise GOTY stuff everytime you get the time to make it.

Finest Of 1991 (By: @lelcar)

Lelcar determined to replay the entire video games of their childhood and that impressed them to make a 1991 GOTY checklist! Test it out and see which video games are on it and be at liberty to make your individual model of this checklist when you’ve the time.

Evaluations

@daavpuke’s Donkey Kong (1994) evaluation discusses why they weren’t that impressed by the sport after checking it out following the robust suggestions of Grubb and Mike. Why aren’t they a fan of the sport’s puzzle design? Learn to search out out!

Wiki Of The Week

Psychonauts

The nice of us at Double Advantageous Productions, Inc. are celebrating Psychonauts’ twentieth anniversary, which launched on April 19, 2005. Whether or not you’re a current fan or have loved the adventures of Razputin for the reason that very starting, try our extremely spectacular wiki web page for the cult-classic platformer.