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Outriders was years ahead of its time

Outriders was years ahead of its time

The biggest multiplayer shooters of the moment share a lot in common. In Arc Raiders and Marathon, you and up to two other players venture from a safe...

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Ari Notis

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is secretly a Mass Effect game

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is secretly a Mass Effect game

It’s been nine years since Mass Effect fans got a new entry in the series with the divisive Mass Effect: Andromeda. 2021’s Mass Effect Legendary...

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Austin Manchester

Mario Wonder's new DLC is hiding the cleverest ideas in a 2D Mario game

Mario Wonder's new DLC is hiding the cleverest ideas in a 2D Mario game

I wasn’t expecting much when I started playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s new Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC. Considering my pre-launch preview...

02.04.2026 4

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Giovanni Colantonio

If you're going to be a retro game, be a retro game

If you're going to be a retro game, be a retro game

As a child of the 90s, it’s probably no surprise to hear that I have a fondness for a specific era of 2D platformers. Even today, I love opening up...

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Giovanni Colantonio

Monstress could be Amazon’s best comic-to-TV adaptation. It’s definitely its biggest challenge yet.

Monstress could be Amazon’s best comic-to-TV adaptation. It’s definitely its biggest challenge yet.

Last week, Variety reported that Amazon MGM Studios is developing an animated show based on Monstress, the Eisner Award-winning Image Comics series...

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Austin Manchester

Magic’s Secrets of Strixhaven skips Learn — my favorite mechanic

Magic’s Secrets of Strixhaven skips Learn — my favorite mechanic

After weaving through the intricacies of Lorwyn Eclipsed Limited and enduring a month of pizza and nunchaku diet thanks to Teenage Mutant Ninja...

02.04.2026 3

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Francesco Cacciatore

2 seemingly innocent words in the official description for Ryan Coogler’s X-Files really have me worried

2 seemingly innocent words in the official description for Ryan Coogler’s X-Files really have me worried

Ryan Coogler’s upcoming X-Files reboot has cast Himesh Patel as one of its leads, in addition to the previously announced Danielle Deadwyler. Both...

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Brian vanhooker

Jack Black wants to be in a live-action Yakuza movie, and this diaper fetishist was made for him

Jack Black wants to be in a live-action Yakuza movie, and this diaper fetishist was made for him

Jack Black has made it clear he's got video-game aspirations far beyond Bowser. In the lead-up to the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,...

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Jen Glennon

Dragon Age 2 never played it safe — and that's what made it great

Dragon Age 2 never played it safe — and that's what made it great

There are many staples that make up a BioWare game. You have your legendary hero, one that you can shape to your liking with different background...

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Aimee Hart

Jujutsu Kaisen has always been about fighting. The brilliant season 3 finale shows why.

Jujutsu Kaisen has always been about fighting. The brilliant season 3 finale shows why.

Jujutsu Kaisen is a deceptively complex series. On the surface, it’s all about super-powered exorcists battling evil monsters and, more often, each...

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Francesco-Cacciatore

Switch 2's rumored Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake will be a big challenge for Nintendo

Switch 2's rumored Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake will be a big challenge for Nintendo

Nintendo reportedly has a new remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time coming in 2026, a major release that will be closely timed to the...

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Michael Mcwhertor

C'mon Atlus — Where the heck is Persona 6?

C'mon Atlus — Where the heck is Persona 6?

Ten years, one remake, multiple ports, a pseudo-sequel, and several spin-offs have happened since Persona 5 launched, so it feels reasonable to ask...

28.03.2026 6

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Josh Broadwell

The Star Wars sequels' failure could be redeemed just like the prequels — with spinoffs

"I think the sequels are no more polarizing than the prequels were when they came out," Brian Herring, actor and operator behind the Star...

27.03.2026 8

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Aimee Hart

I'll take whatever live-action Moana is doing over what live-action Lilo & Stitch did

I'll take whatever live-action Moana is doing over what live-action Lilo & Stitch did

Disney recently dropped a new trailer for its upcoming live-action Moana re-imagining. Predictably, it was met with comments about how unnecessary...

27.03.2026 4

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Aimee Hart

Batman v Superman failed both of its heroes

By now, the term “cinematic universe” is as ubiquitous as “blockbuster movie.” We can thank Marvel Studios for that; Nick Fury showing up to...

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Austin Manchester

Sorry Kliff, but Damiane should've been Crimson Desert's main character

Reaching Crimson Desert's third chapter was a turning point in my relationship with the game. That's when you unlock Damiane, the...

25.03.2026 6

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Josh Broadwell

Slay the Spire 2 fans can't decide if this is the worst card in the game

Some cards are still better than others when it comes to Slay the Spire 2, but those preferences vary depending on the characters you like to play....

25.03.2026 8

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Patricia Hernandez

10 TV shows that should have been just one season

Candy Land’s creator is the kindest one-hit wonder of all time The story of Minecraft is one of the saddest in gaming history Look, we get the urge...

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Tasha Robinson

The best Pokémon with no evolutions, ranked

Push is a one-and-done underseen gem Guy Ritchie has become the master of the franchise non-starter Evolution has been a staple of Pokémon since the...

23.03.2026 7

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Austin Manchester

Are we really ready for the return of the Joss Whedon cinematic universe?

It’s been a complicated week for fans of the works of Joss Whedon. Last Saturday, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar broke the news...

22.03.2026 6

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Jake Kleinman

Crimson Desert is what happens when you try to copy Zelda but don't understand Zelda

It's difficult to play Crimson Desert and not compare it to other games. Its map design smacks of Red Dead Redemption 2. The combat design and...

22.03.2026 7

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Paulo Kawanishi

I played Pokémon FireRed like it was 2026 and lost everything because of it

The same way my barely legible high school handwriting has devolved over 25 years of PC word processing, so too have my instincts to pause and save a...

22.03.2026 4

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Matt Patches

The doomed Fez sequel wasn't meant to be and really we never needed it anyway

I don’t think I’ll ever forget the experience of playing Fez for the first time. It was 2012 and I was still fairly fresh out of college, having...

22.03.2026 6

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Giovanni Colantonio

I thought I hated extraction shooters. Marathon changed my mind

“It’s just not for me!” How many times have you said something to that effect to write off an entire genre of games? I know I have. I’m still...

22.03.2026 7

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Giovanni Colantonio

Critical Role's Schemer table is redefining a fundamental aspect of Dungeons & Dragons

Critical Role Campaign 4 has rolled into another arc, swapping the perilous, war-torn lands of the Obridimian Empire for the shadowy, political...

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Aimee Hart

I spent a week living with Mario’s Talking Flower and it tormented me nonstop

It was a quiet Saturday morning. Despite my plans to sleep in late, I woke up at 9 a.m. and decided to get up and take a morning shower. I rolled out...

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Giovanni Colantonio

Amazon's Life is Strange adaptation just added the perfect director

If you love Life is Strange, you probably have mixed feelings about the TV adaptation coming to Prime Video. (I certainly do.) On the one hand, it’s...

21.03.2026 8

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Aimee Hart

The Switch 2's era of dominance is finally here

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally kicking into high gear. A combination of smart updates, the release of a bona fide system-seller, and a critical port...

20.03.2026 9

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Patricia Hernandez

Leon Kennedy has a 'place to go home to,' teases Resident Evil Requiem director

Ever since the launch of Resident Evil Requiem on Feb. 27, Leon-crazed fans have been wondering about the significance of the simple gold band...

20.03.2026 8

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Jen Glennon

Zack Snyder's Justice League was supposed to change everything — but it still stands alone

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is 242 minutes long, but the story behind this contentious director’s cut is far longer. One other thing they have in...

19.03.2026 6

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Jake Kleinman

The Seekers table reveals a bigger flaw with Critical Role Campaign 4's new format

After a week away, Critical Role returns with a brand-new arc. It was revealed during Cooldown episode 17 (available only to Beacon members) that the...

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Aimee Hart

Firefly’s big revival plans take the story in the wrong direction

When Nathan Fillion and the cast of the 2002 space Western Firefly started teasing some kind of Firefly revival series, I immediately hoped it would...

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Corey Plante

Fighting Slay the Spire 2's elites blows

I've been having a grand time carefully picking my cards in Slay the Spire 2, but there's one aspect about the early access roguelike that...

17.03.2026 10

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Patricia Hernandez

This year's Game Developers Conference was unlike any other

The RAM crisis could completely change the way your games are made Growing up in the aughts in San Francisco, I always had the distinct sense that the...

17.03.2026 8

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Patricia Hernandez

Invincible season 4 finally gets to the good stuff

The fate of the world is at stake in the premiere of Invincible season 4 — so Mark Grayson kills an innocent man. The reasons why are complicated...

16.03.2026 10

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Jake Kleinman

Forget extraction shooters, we just want a good FPS campaign

Everyone who’s played or even looked at Marathon can agree its vibes are off the charts. But it’s also an extraction shooter, meaning anyone who...

16.03.2026 8

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Ari Notis

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy failed most of its students

Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta) Series Acclimation Mil aka SAM (Kerrice Brooks) Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diané) Genesis Lythe (Bella Shepard) Darem Reymi...

16.03.2026 10

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Samantha Nelson

Magic's new TMNT commander deck fixes one of the most annoying things about precons

If you’re a Magic: The Gathering fan who loves playing commander, then you know that the most annoying part of building a new deck is the lands....

14.03.2026 10

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Jake Kleinman

Netflix's War Machine could become a sci-fi classic (as long as it doesn't get a sequel)

War Machine is a perfect movie — if what you’re looking for in a movie is buff guys fighting an unstoppable killer alien across some far-flung,...

12.03.2026 10

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Jake Kleinman

Marathon desperately needs Destiny’s most underappreciated feature

As a retired Destiny player, Marathon feels like coming home. Bungie’s extraction shooter borrows plenty of ideas from Destiny despite being a...

11.03.2026 10

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Giovanni Colantonio

Magic's TMNT set finally convinced me to build this terrifying Final Fantasy commander deck

When a friend gifted me the Cloud Strife Magic: The Gathering card, I was pretty intimidated. It’s a reprint of the wickedly powerful Najeela, the...

10.03.2026 10

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Corey Plante

It’s time to admit Mega Evolutions are Pokémon’s most annoying gimmick

On Feb. 27, during the 30th-anniversary Pokémon Presents stream, Game Freak revealed a new Mega Evolution for Pokémon Legends: Z-A: Mega Garchomp Z....

09.03.2026 8

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Ari Notis

Mr. Mime is a godawful mime in Pokémon Pokopia

I’ve spent 50 hours building a life for myself in Pokémon Pokopia already. During that time, I’ve met over 200 monsters who all have their own...

08.03.2026 10

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Giovanni Colantonio

Resident Evil Requiem has convinced me that a Resident Evil 6 remake could work

In 2009, Capcom entered its hubris era. The publisher was riding high off the success of Resident Evil 4 and was ready to capitalize by continuing to...

07.03.2026 10

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Giovanni Colantonio

Critical Role just changed a classic D&D spell for the better

The Seekers arc of Critical Role Campaign 4 has come to an explosive end, but not before Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan revealed an...

07.03.2026 10

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Aimee Hart

Pokémon Winds and Waves need to bring back the franchise’s greatest mini-game ever

An electric-type Pokémon has no business learning Surf, the water-type HM that allows your Pokémon to carry you across the water. Let alone a tiny...

07.03.2026 8

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Corey Plante

Game of Thrones is perilously close to turning the Targaryens into the Sith

As Warner Bros. relentlessly expands the Game of Thrones franchise into new territories, from an epic-scale stage play to as many as three animated...

06.03.2026 10

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Tasha Robinson

I forgot how much of an annoying grind classic Pokémon games were

Look at this amazing giant Snorlax rug you’ll never have February closed out with a Pokémon Presents stream celebrating 30 years of the franchise...

06.03.2026 8

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Austin Manchester

Pokémon Winds and Waves could have the first new Eevee in over a decade

How Pikachu defeated Michael Jordan in the trading card grading boom Look at this amazing giant Snorlax rug you’ll never have The only monster who...

06.03.2026 20

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Patricia Hernandez

Resident Evil Requiem's cheapest cameo almost made me quit the game

I have a high bullshit tolerance threshold when it comes to video games, which is pretty much a necessity if you want to enjoy them. Oh, you ate a...

06.03.2026 10

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Josh Broadwell