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The Mighty Nein's changes to Yasha make Critical Role's best character even more badass

The Mighty Nein's changes to Yasha make Critical Role's best character even more badass

While Critical Role wasted no time in speeding ahead and covering as much as possible in The Legend of Vox Machina, they are taking a far more...

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Aimee Hart

Elden Ring Nightreign's awful new fire dogs are ruining my life

Elden Ring Nightreign's awful new fire dogs are ruining my life

I've been really enjoying all the new events packed in Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows , with one glaring exception: The Fire-Summoning...

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Patricia Hernandez

Arc Raiders just shot itself in the foot by rewarding 'gear fear'

Arc Raiders just shot itself in the foot by rewarding 'gear fear'

"Gear fear" is a very real thing in video games where you have a permanent loot stash, especially extraction shooters, such as Arc Raiders and...

previous day 2

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Ford James

Call of Duty's developers know they messed up, but their solution isn't the right one

Call of Duty's developers know they messed up, but their solution isn't the right one

Activision has announced a huge change for the Call of Duty series: we'll no longer be seeing consecutive releases in either the Modern Warfare or...

previous day 2

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Ford James

Skyrim on Switch 2 shows fans are sick of buggy, basic Bethesda ports

Skyrim on Switch 2 shows fans are sick of buggy, basic Bethesda ports

Skyrim releasing on any and all hardware imaginable is a neverending gaming meme, so no one was surprised when Bethesda announced that the classic...

previous day 1

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Patricia Hernandez

Fortnite's surfing is better than the Battle Bus, actually

Fortnite's surfing is better than the Battle Bus, actually

We're over a week into the new chapter of Fortnite , and the multitude of changes that came with the latest island are a mixed bag for most. Some...

tuesday 2

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Chris Hayner

Nightreign's hellish DLC makes Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree seem easy

Nightreign's hellish DLC makes Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree seem easy

I cannot emphasize enough how much more difficult Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows is compared to the base game. At first, I thought...

tuesday 1

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Patricia Hernandez

Bring back the coolest animated series (and coolest animated sword) of 1981

Bring back the coolest animated series (and coolest animated sword) of 1981

Back in 2010, when Cartoon Network first announced its plan to reboot the beloved 1985 animated TV series Thundercats, the first thought that went...

tuesday 2

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Tasha Robinson

The Game Awards needs to make a name change if it really wants to be the Oscars of gaming

The Game Awards needs to make a name change if it really wants to be the Oscars of gaming

Major awards shows are rarely referred to by their official names. Most people know the Academy Awards simply as the “Oscars.” The Antoinette Perry...

08.12.2025 2

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Ari Notis

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's Samus Aran fangirl is all of us

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's Samus Aran fangirl is all of us

If you know anything about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond , you’ve probably heard the name Myles MacKenzie by now. The nerdy Galactic Federation trooper...

08.12.2025 3

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Giovanni Colantonio

I can’t stop mugging people in Octopath Traveler 0

I can’t stop mugging people in Octopath Traveler 0

Blinded by the lovely, colorful pixelated world of Orsterra, I severely underestimated how utterly brutal Octopath Traveler 0 would be. And when I...

08.12.2025 1

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Marloes Valentina Stella

25 years ago, a diehard D&D fan defied the odds to make his dream movie — it was a total disaster

25 years ago, a diehard D&D fan defied the odds to make his dream movie — it was a total disaster

On Dec. 8, 2000, dragons finally soared into the skies to deliver the cinematic rendition of the world’s most popular tabletop RPG, Dungeons &...

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Francesco Cacciatore

Critical Role's new D&D house rules drastically improve combat for players

Critical Role's new D&D house rules drastically improve combat for players

Campaign 4 of Critical Role continues to bring the ingredients that make a Dungeons & Dragons adventure incredible: great roleplay, intriguing...

08.12.2025 20

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Aimee Hart

Kirby Air Riders is perfect for my brain-rotted attention span

Kirby Air Riders is perfect for my brain-rotted attention span

Kirby Air Riders , the sequel to 2003’s cult classic Kirby Air Ride , finds you duking it out with Kirby characters via vehicular combat on aerial...

07.12.2025 1

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Austin Manchester