Weekly Report 2010

We didn’t have too many new features and enhancements over the past week, but they are bound to be happening this year. We do have news about the GameSpotter of the Year and other happenings in the community worth mentioning. Let’s get started!

Announcements

GameSpotter of the Year Reveal
The GameSpotter of the Year honor was put in place to recognize one member spotlight who was already featured in 2009. As mentioned in the tip of the week last year, users were not always chosen based on flagging their blogs with the editorial dropdown menu. We occasionally pulled member spotlights based on the rotation avatars on the forums page. So, some of these member spotlights were noticed based on pure luck!

SolidTy took the lead on votes made by GameSpot members, but what made his new title of GameSpotter of the Year was how much involvement he has in the System Wars forum. He already has been handed the titles of System Wars King, System Wars Hero, and System Wars Hippy Manticore, which makes us think he was a solid choice. Congrats once again to SolidTy!

Game Night Recommendations
Game Nights will make a return as soon as the editorial staff confirms dates and the games they would like to play. You can start by recommending the games you would like to play. Also let me know which staff members you would like to play with or against.

Member Spotlight

This week’s member spotlight goes to Paul_GameFury for his blog about GameSpot’s Game of the Year. Paul_GameFury shares his opinion about the game of the year not being based on popular votes, so much that I think he was eavesdropping during the debates the GameSpot staff had behind closed doors! You can check out his blog to find out more about what he has to say, including his original game of the year.

Blog Bunker

- Doctor-McNinja shares his thoughts on secondhand games.
- c_rake shares thoughts about the Nintendo DS motion control.
- Senor_T_Dub asks whether or not level grinding is worth the effort.
- GamingQueen explores the evolution of the turn-based battle system.
- masterpinky2000 considers when is the best time for games to be difficult to play.
- Banjo_Jake112 shares his Plants vs. Zombies game impressions.
- GameBlender and wonderboy_46 share their top 2009 games.
- AK_the_Twilight and ehsan8888 take a look at the last decade of gaming.
- archenemy4, jazzfan4, Scientist8, Gigastormz, and RealKilla_789 share their anticipated games of 2010.

Randomness

- User reviews and videos will be added in the next weekly report. Review emblems need to be cleaned up, and there weren’t any outstanding user videos to feature.
- Subyman and evrdayblues were added to the Soapbox feature.

Tip of the Week

For this week’s tip, let’s remind ourselves about what we were reminded in last year’s tip of the week. Consider spicing up our profiles! Some of you have outdated signatures and About Me pages and even Christmas avatars that should be updated. Thanks again for some of the tips, GabuEx.