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Brand New Day could have fixed the worst Spider-Man story, but it failed

Brand New Day could have fixed the worst Spider-Man story, but it failed

In 2007, Marvel Comics took one of the bravest editorial decisions in its long history. Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada felt that the company’s most...

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Francesco Cacciatore

10 Marvel characters you forgot about that Marvel Tokon needs to add

10 Marvel characters you forgot about that Marvel Tokon needs to add

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is out, and reactions to the new tag fighter have proven to be a mixed bag so far. Windows PC players have had it the...

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Austin Manchester

25 years ago, Golden Sun heralded the twilight of an era for RPGs

25 years ago, Golden Sun heralded the twilight of an era for RPGs

They just don't make games like Golden Sun anymore. After Camelot and Nintendo released the much-lauded RPG for the Game Boy Advance in August...

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Josh Broadwell

The greatest wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes

The greatest wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes

Last New Year's Eve marked the 30th anniversary of the ending of Bill Watterson's seminal newspaper strip Calvin and Hobbes, the impact of...

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Thomas Hindmarch

Attack on Titan turned its hero’s battle cry into a villain’s manifesto

Attack on Titan turned its hero’s battle cry into a villain’s manifesto

From his first introduction, Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan is not your typical wide-eyed, optimistic shonen protagonist. While characters like Goku...

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Ryan Epps

GTA 6 trailer 3 is dropping at the worst time and in the weirdest way possible

GTA 6 trailer 3 is dropping at the worst time and in the weirdest way possible

It took all summer, but we’re finally getting a third look at Grand Theft Auto 6. Developer Rockstar Games announced Thursday that the...

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Ari Notis

Star Wars is redefining what it means to be a Jedi

Star Wars is redefining what it means to be a Jedi

Put a group of Star Wars fans in a room and ask them to explain the Force and you’re almost guaranteed to get multiple, conflicting answers....

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Aimee Hart

Pokémon Pokopia's new DLC made me realize you really do have to hand it to Palworld

Pokémon Pokopia's new DLC made me realize you really do have to hand it to Palworld

I like Pokémon Pokopia's Bubbly Basin as a whole. The marine aesthetic is lovely. Post-apocalypse Cerulean City hit me in the feels, water types...

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Josh Broadwell

Halo 4 is still the best Halo game

Halo 4 is still the best Halo game

There’s a new Halo game out in the wild. Well, okay, fine, there’s an old Halo game out — again. Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of 2001’s...

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Ari Notis

Pokémon Pokopia's new DLC finally gives fish Pokémon the spotlight they deserve

Pokémon Pokopia's new DLC finally gives fish Pokémon the spotlight they deserve

There’s a lot to love about Pokémon Pokopia, the Nintendo Switch 2’s cozy life sim. I enjoy cleaning up destroyed towns, creating habitats, and...

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Giovanni Colantonio

I hate to say it, but the Beast of Reincarnation dog kinda sucks

I hate to say it, but the Beast of Reincarnation dog kinda sucks

Keep your tomatoes holstered for a moment, please, and hear me out. Beast of Reincarnation, the new not-Pokémon action RPG game from Pokémon studio...

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Austin Manchester

Big Walk is for the Italians

Big Walk is for the Italians

Growing up as a kid with a rebellious streak, there was a time in my life when I tried to resist my Italian heritage. My father was born in Abruzzo,...

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Giovanni Colantonio

In less than one minute, Star Wars' new show finally does what Lucasfilm never could

In less than one minute, Star Wars' new show finally does what Lucasfilm never could

The scope and scale of Star Wars is virtually unlimited. Using the concept of the Force, along with lightsabers, Jedi, Sith, and the binary of Light...

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Jake Kleinman

It's time for Sega to revive its Fire Emblem rival from the '90s

It's time for Sega to revive its Fire Emblem rival from the '90s

The Aug. 4 Nintendo Direct was all about Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the tactical RPG coming to Nintendo Switch 2 next month. The showcase...

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Jen Glennon

10 places I wish GTA 6 was set instead of Fake Miami

10 places I wish GTA 6 was set instead of Fake Miami

GTA 6 is set in Vice City. I get why. Of all the GTA locales over the decades, we've seen Vice City a handful of times, none of which were enough...

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Josh Broadwell

Pokémon TCG Pocket’s new set is a reminder that Gen 3 has the best legendaries

Pokémon TCG Pocket’s new set is a reminder that Gen 3 has the best legendaries

After an underwhelming (but admittedly cute) June update, Pokémon TCG Pocket is back with a vengeance. July’s booster pack, Ruler of the Skies,...

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Giovanni Colantonio

Overwatch's revamped story just went somewhere it’s never gone before

Overwatch's revamped story just went somewhere it’s never gone before

You're supposed to like your parents, and they're meant to like you too, or at least treat you well. Popular media rarely questions what...

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Josh Broadwell

Stardew Valley's influence on cozy games is finally coming to an end

Stardew Valley's influence on cozy games is finally coming to an end

Cozy games have ossified, and it's mostly thanks to Stardew Valley. These days, regardless of a cozy game's setting, you know exactly what...

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Josh Broadwell

Marvel’s most underrated game of the past 5 years could have revealed the MCU’s next era

Marvel’s most underrated game of the past 5 years could have revealed the MCU’s next era

While the MCU has flirted with its more spooky side with Disney Plus projects like Ironheart and Werewolf by Night, Blade getting stuck in development...

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Tomas Franzese

Nintendo just debuted maybe the hardest boss in its 136-year history

There aren’t many Nintendo villains that I truly fear. The kid-friendly nature of most Nintendo games means that even the toughest boss fights are...

28.07.2026 3

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Giovanni Colantonio

Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe cooked?

In July 2022, Marvel Studios returned in person to San Diego Comic-Con with the force of a thousand Thanos snaps. After going virtual for two years,...

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Jake Kleinman

House of the Dragon just butchered one of the HBO show' most iconic deaths

George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series is full of memorable deaths, and House of the Dragon is no exception. Readers of the Fire &...

28.07.2026 4

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Patricia Hernandez

The Odyssey wouldn't be possible without Christopher Nolan's most underrated movie

As Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey is dominating the box office, many are comparing it to the director's previous film,...

27.07.2026 4

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Brian Vanhooker

Path of Exile 2 is secretly a great cozy game

I feel tired. I boot up Path of Exile 2. I select my level 49 Chronomancer, and as I traverse the maze-like maps, hordes of four-arm humanoid...

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Paulo Kawanishi

The Switch 2 era could totally change the next Super Smash Bros. game

We’re more than one year into Nintendo’s Switch 2 era, and the hits keep on coming. Games like Donkey Kong Bananza, Pokémon Pokopia, and Splatoon...

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Giovanni Colantonio

I thought I understood Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, then I watched it a second time

Christopher Nolan’s movies are famous for being hard to follow. From Memento to Tenet, his films typically require multiple viewings to fully...

26.07.2026 6

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Jake Kleinman

Xenoblade Chronicles 2's new character makeovers are a way bigger deal than you'd think

There's been a trend lately of semi-recent titles receiving a Nintendo Switch 2 version and still requiring players to buy it at full price —...

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Paulo Kawanishi

Splatoon Raiders is a solid first step into the inky shooter games

Splatoon might look all cutesy and approachable, with its turf wars and stylish squid kids. (And no, that's ink, not blood.) And sure, it's...

25.07.2026 10

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Josh Broadwell

After Splatoon Raiders, I need these 3 features in Splatoon 4

After a decade of tweaking its familiar multiplayer formula, Nintendo’s Splatoon series just got its biggest shake-up yet. Splatoon Raiders takes...

24.07.2026 5

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Giovanni Colantonio

10 original Xbox games Microsoft should make backward-compatible on PC

Sometimes, it’s easy to forget how diverse the original Xbox game library really was. Early in its life, a handful of major Japanese publishers...

24.07.2026 7

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Jason Venter

Alan Ritchson's new revenge thriller refuses to narrate itself — and it's better for it

Modern action movies really want to make sure you understand them. Characters explain the plan before carrying it out, remind us of the stakes while...

24.07.2026 5

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Terry Terrones

The only logical Avatar: Legends sequel is Avatar vs. Avatar

Never speak to me about anything called “Avatar,” unless you’re going to immediately clarify whether we are talking about blue people or a bald...

24.07.2026 6

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Corey Plante

The Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters should steal Fallout 4's most overpowered feature

Fallout 4, despite being reviewed favorably by critics, was incredibly polarizing among players upon release. On one hand, it vastly improved upon...

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Ford James

Palworld fans are in awe over a monster that outshines the Pokémon version

Panthalus is hard to miss: The water elemental is by far the largest monster in Palworld. The Pal, which controversially appears to take inspiration...

23.07.2026 6

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Patricia Hernandez

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is going to be himbo paradise

We're less than two months out from the release of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and the series' official X account has been revealing...

22.07.2026 8

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Jen Glennon

Don't believe the haters about 2025's most divisive strategy game

I've fallen down the Anno 117: Pax Romana rabbit hole this year, despite the negative buzz around it. Steam reviews and the Reddit consensus hold...

22.07.2026 10

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Josh Broadwell

The best place to watch The Odyssey is at your local theater

I am not going to argue the point with Christoper Nolan that the ideal viewing format for his new film The Odyssey is IMAX 70mm. The images that...

22.07.2026 8

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Oli Welsh

GTA 6's immaculate fashion finally lets a man drag himself out of the gutter

Rockstar caught my eye when it opened pre-orders for GTA 6 with a look at some of the game's various clothing options. Not so much Lucia's....

22.07.2026 10

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Josh Broadwell

More video games need to let you cheat

Cheats have been a foundational part of video games since the medium’s earliest days. At first, most of them were used as development tools to...

22.07.2026 10

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Jen Glennon

Jennifer's Body 2 is happening — here's what it should (and shouldn't) do

It's been 17 long years since director Karyn Kusama and writer Diablo Cody came together to debut the horror-comedy Jennifer's Body. At the...

21.07.2026 6

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Aimee Hart

2026's best boss fight is an unexpected ode to Guitar Hero

Denshattack! is so chock-full of ridiculous moments that it’s hard to single out one that stands above the rest. I mean, we’re talking about a...

21.07.2026 8

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Giovanni Colantonio

Overwatch's Quick Play Hacked weekend turned me into a 6v6 wanter

Overwatch 2 (now just Overwatch again) was my first experience with Blizzard's hero shooter, so I never quite understood the fuss about how the...

21.07.2026 10

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Josh Broadwell

Critical Role's Matthew Mercer just revealed 1 foundational rule that all Dungeon Masters should use

The beauty of running tabletop role-playing games as a Dungeon Master is that you're practically guaranteed to run your games differently from...

20.07.2026 4

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Aimee Hart

Chainsmoker Cat understands the impossible math of addiction

There are plenty of anime protagonists I'd gladly spend an afternoon with, whether it’s Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen or Kikuri Hiroi...

20.07.2026 7

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Ryan Epps

The one Steam Machine feature I didn't expect to change my gaming life

I’ve been living with the Steam Machine long enough now that the initial novelty has settled and I have a better sense of what it’s like to live...

19.07.2026 6

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Giovanni Colantonio

It's been 20 years since Persona 3 modernized JRPG characters

In 2006, Atlus released Persona 3 for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. While following the premise of the first two games and pushing the series'...

17.07.2026 9

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Paulo Kawanishi

3 Assassin’s Creed games Ubisoft should remake next after Black Flag Resynced

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a hit, with a 94% score on OpenCritic. Players are enjoying it too (well, besides those microtransactions),...

17.07.2026 10

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Austin Manchester

Christopher Nolan's most political movie is also his worst, and it's not the one you think

With the release of The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan is facing some rather obnoxious backlash. Some people are complaining about the historical...

17.07.2026 5

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Brian Vanhooker

Assassin's Creed Black Flag's sea shanties are still the best part of the game

Remember, in 2021, when TikTok was suddenly awash with sea shanties? It remains one of the most inexplicable, albeit wholesome, online crazes of the...

16.07.2026 5

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Oli Welsh

Bonkers Persona 6 fan theory is too good not to be true

Fans finally got their first look at Persona 6, the next installment of Atlus's hugely popular RPG-meets-social-sim series, back in June at...

16.07.2026 9

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Jen Glennon