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A YouTube series finale contains a bizarre and unexpected mashup between Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Disney’s Frozen, with the song ‘Let It Go’. We’re scared. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is undoubtedly one of the most horrifying games that has ever been released. From its utterly terrifying monster to the creaks and groans that stem from a hallucinating mind, it’s clear that Amnesia is one of the staple franchises when it comes to the horror genre....

No one expected it to be Bane. In retrospect that is a bit odd since, generally speaking, when most comic book nerds think of the villains who pose the greatest threat to Batman, Bane always rounds out the top five or 10 by virtue of being the one baddie to “Break the Bat.” Yet after Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight thrillingly ended on the noble rush of Bruce Wayne riding into the night, accepting he was not the hero Gotham needed, no fan (nor apparently many Warners executives) anticipated the villain of Nolan’s inevitable sequel to be Bane, the beefy steroid-juicer with an affinity for Lucha libre masks....

One of the coolest parts of the old Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games were the secret unlockable characters. While there’s nothing too crazy like Darth Maul or Spider-Man in this remake, we can show you how to unlock the alien to really tug at your nostalgia. Secret characters are basically a lost art in games today, with the rise of DLC and paid additions taking their place for the most part, but that’s not the case with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2....

When Activision first unveiled Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, the Internet was not kind to the game. Initial trailers showed a game with subpar graphics and highlighted a new “slam” gameplay technique that many labeled as awkward and unnecessary. But even then, hardcore fans held out hope that THPS 5 would bring the series back to its roots. Unfortunately, when the game finally hit shelves, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 proved to be less of a “return to form” for the series and more of a “bug riddled blight” on the series’ name....

It is no secret that FromSoftware is a master at its craft when it comes to creating genuinely wondrous worlds with great combat, bosses, and rich lore. Those reasons explain why fans are over the moon for their new open-world epic, Elden Ring. It also explains why the industry shifted pretty substantially when FromSoftware found its stride. With the Souls series selling over 27 million copies, there is no shortage of fans voicing their opinions on specific aspects of these titles....

CodeMiko is a virtual streamer (V-Streamer) who has slowly gained popularity on Twitch because of her unique technical setup. Most of her interactions on Twitch involve discussions with her followers and answering questions about virtual streaming. However, CodeMiko was once again banned by Twitch earlier today, and the reason behind the ban remains unknown. For those unfamiliar with virtual streaming, the process involves streaming with a rendered 3D avatar in place of the person streaming....

One of the hardest issues to address in competitive gaming, stream sniping, is something that is hard to prove and can ruin everything from big money tournaments to friendly competitions in a small streaming community. Outspoken streamer xQc, who was banned from Twitch for stream sniping the Fall Guys Twitch Rivals tournament back in November, is now accusing others of stream sniping in Rust. While cheats like an aimbot in Call of Duty: Warzone are relatively easy to detect, with the unmistakable snap to a player and landing only headshots immediately arousing suspicion, stream sniping is not as easy to prove....

With the rappers Drake and Travis Scott and Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster having recently played Epic Games’ Fortnite Battle Royale with the popular Twitch streamer known as Ninja, many marked the occasion as the moment that the multiplayer sandbox survival title officially broke into the mainstream. Now, even more evidence of the game having permeated the collective consciousness of the planet has emerged, as a University of Maryland-Baltimore County player compared the experience of pulling off a major win against the University of Virginia to one’s first Victory Royale....

Every now and then, you may find yourself having to deal with a plethora of unwanted calls from a number that you don’t recognize. And given the fact that there is an overabundance of telemarketers and scammers out there, it has never been more important to know who has access to your contact information. Aside from that, you may have also come across an unknown number in your partner’s or child’s phone, and you would like to find out the identity of the person they may have been secretly communicating with....

Valheim is a popular Steam game that has become a new sensation for Twitch streamers. The open-world survival RPG allows fans to live out their lives in a mystical world that tasks players with crafting, building, and exploring. Some players might be having trouble finding the specific location where the Trader is, but it turns out that the Trader won’t be in the same spot for everyone, since Valheim is a procedurally generated game....

There’s never been a better time to get into player Valheim! The game is currently skyrocketing in popularity as more and more fans realize just how much fun it is to survive and thrive in Viking purgatory. A lot of people exploring Valheim might not even realize that there are cheat codes in the game. Like the Konami Code of old, these lines of text can massively affect the game and how it plays resulting in fun or wacky situations occurring....

While it’s certainly not a constant by any means, the majority of video games involve you taking control of a particular hero or heroine (who just so happens to be either ruggedly handsome or strikingly beautiful because… of course). Normally they are struggling to fight against a particular individual or a collective of evil personas that are standing in the way of your goal to achieve something good. Obviously, the heroes you control have the moral high ground at all times and are pretty much justified in their actions when it comes to taking down the villain(s)....

When video games took off in the 1970s and ‘80s, there were plenty of naysayers who swore that they were just a fad, like 3D movies and lava lamps. Video games were here to stay, but, in the 40-plus years since Pong first appeared, plenty of trends have come and gone within the industry. From console RPGs in the late 1980s and 1990s, to the wave of rhythm-based games that hit the market in the 2000s, what’s hot and what’s not has fluctuated throughout the last few decades....

Design X60 & X60 Pro: Midnight Black, Shimmer Blue X60 Pro+: Vegan Leather, Emperor Blue X60 & X60 Pro: 7.6mm thick / 177g X60 Pro+: 9.1mm thick / 191g Display All: 6.56-inch Super AMOLED, FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh, HDR10+ X60 Pro & Pro+: “3D flexible screen” All: Single punch-hole camera Cameras All: Vivo & Zeiss co-engineered imaging system / X60 Pro+ only: Zeiss T* coating X60: Main: 48-megapixel, f/1.79 aperture, optical stabilisation (OIS) Wide (120 degrees): 13MP, f/2....

This article contains WandaVision spoilers. As much as we love it, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has never been great about telling complex emotional stories. Perhaps that’s understandable, as the franchise’s various Avengers must regularly wrestle with potentially world-ending stakes and still somehow save the day, all within a two-and-a-half-hour theatrical runtime. These aren’t stories that generally time to be but so concerned with things like the psychological trauma that inevitably resulted from these life-or-death events or how our heroes are meant to heal from them, provided they manage to do so at all....

Despite mixed reviews, Duncan Jones’ film adaptation of Warcraft is already proving to be a huge hit in China, beating out the first day of ticket sales for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Bringing Warcraft to the big screen was no easy process, by any accounts. The effects-laden spectacle was painstakingly adapted from its source materials, a risky move at a time when fantasy films can’t be relied upon at the box office — but it seems that the movie is already finding a receptive audience in China....

Wasteland 3 has many different weapon types for you to choose from, from tiny pistols to giant laser guns. As such, there are many unique weapons you can find for each of these weapon types throughout the Colorado Wasteland. It can be overwhelming to try to decide which weapons you should give to your characters; however, there is a weapon for each type that is the objective best in most situations....

Each week, we spotlight a few stories that didn’t make the front page during the week. In this week’s Video Game Round-Up, we discuss a new Crysis board game, Oculus Rift, a new Pac-Man game, and more. Sometimes gamers want to skip the console and play a game on tabletop. Now, thanks to Frame6, Crysis fans will have an opportunity to play the sci-fi shooter as a board game. The game, called Crysis Analogue Edition — The Board Game, is moving forward with the full approval of Crytek, the game developer behind the Crysis video games....

Two of the best games from 2019 have almost eerily similar names, comparability in theme, and will probably be forever intertwined. The Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds can easily be confused with one another. And now, a fan-made piece of art just added to the befuddlement. The Outer Worlds is a space-based RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment. The game was revealed by many to be a wonderfully crafted experience with an easily consumable playtime, as the game can be completed around 12 hours or 30 for completionists (compared to similar games like Fallout New Vegas that can take over 120 hours to complete 100%)....

Growing up queer isn’t easy. My generation was one of the first to emerge in a culture that is more welcoming of LGBTQ+ voices, having learned that it’s okay to embrace your identity and accept that being who you are is a fact to be proud of, but there’s still a long way to go. Representation is growing, and we’re slowly but surely winning in the fight for a fairer world, but endless obstacles still remain, and it’s important to never be complacent in a society that could take away our rights at any moment....