This article contains spoilers for The Stand episode 1. Sometimes opening in media res has some real storytelling value. The goal of just about any story is to get people interested in continuing it. Given that the beginnings of stories are often expository and not particularly exciting, who could forgive a storyteller for wanting to jump right into the thick of the action and then fill in the blanks of what came before...
One would be hard-pressed to find a video game with as high a level of quality as The Witcher 3. The franchise slowly gained steam with its first two entries, before going all out with the third entry that knocked everyone’s expectations out of the part with a stellar open-world, a gripping story, fantastic combat, and a cast of memorable characters who have become video game icons in their own right....
A new trailer for The World Ends With You anime dropped today. The 90-second clip shows Neku just as he enters The Underground, an alternative dimension, to participate in the “Reapers Game.” Neku phases through people and vehicles as he starts to realize that he is not in his world anymore. He also finds his first pins, which act as powers in the game. The clip is short but does enough to establish the setting of The World Ends With You....
If you thought everyone’s favorite nine-foot tall vampire lady from Resident Evil Village couldn’t get any larger than life, you thought wrong. A recent mod for the fabulous and slightly murderous Lady Dimitrescu makes her already large hat grow even larger every time you come across her. By the time you complete the castle portion of the game, her hat encompasses the entire screen. Talk about throwing shade! This new mod comes from content creator Kallialee on YouTube, who shared a 33-second video of Lady D’s hat growing to an impossible size....
Let’s be clear here: this new mod randomizes your Skyrim species, not race. Simply going from Khajit to Breton to Argonian wouldn’t be nearly wild enough. In the Skyrim Species Randomizer mod (which comes to us courtesy of GameRant), you’ll go from Draugr to Dragon, from Skeever to Slaughterfish, from Mudcrab to Dwarven Centurion, and literally everything in between. And best of all, you’ll swap species at the most inopportune times....
Need For Speed fans might be 2 Fast 2 Furious this week as EA has confirmed that this year’s entry will be delayed into 2022. The next entry in the legendary racing series will be taking a break in 2021 as the developer Criterion is set to assist DICE with the development of Battlefield 6. EA’s Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele confirmed the news to Polygon on Monday and explained that the Swedish studio needed help from Criterion....
The gaming community at large has always kept mobile gaming at arm’s length. Despite the fact that some of the most popular franchises in the world are available on mobile, the medium is kept in a distinct category, away from console, PC, and even VR. Genshin Impact, Call of Duty, PUBG, and Fortnite - court case pending on the latter - move between quote-unquote real gaming and mobile gaming, but the mobile space is still laden with the tag of being just for casuals, or of being less than its console and PC counterparts....
This Titans review contains spoilers. Titans Season 2 Episode 13 Rather than skimp on the fixins’, the Titans season 2 loads so much on the narrative plate that, like yesterday’s Thanksgiving dinner, it is difficult to fully appreciate any one dish we have to chew on. It takes seven minutes for the Slade Wilson story to be wrapped, ending with a dead Deathstroke, and Jericho now apparently inhabiting Rose’s body. There is much to pick apart with the scene....
Marvel’s WandaVision is perhaps one of the most talked-about shows these days, with a variety of fan theories taking over the internet. Fans of the Disney Plus show have to wait patiently every week for an episode drop, with a new episode airing every Friday, and it seems like the show’s list of fans includes Spider-Man actor Tom Holland. While participating in a round of interviews to promote his upcoming film Cherry, directed by the Russo brothers, the actor best known for his portrayal of Spider-Man revealed that he is “obsessed” with WandaVision and it is his “favorite Marvel thing....
Twitch streamer Trainwreckstv is no stranger to controversy. In the past, he has been banned more than once for his misogynistic rants. Despite always seeming to bounce back, even from being stuck in a tree, he may have pushed things too far this time after hosting a sub only cash giveaway, something that not only breaks the Twitch TOS but is also illegal in the US. The incident happened on Trainwrecks’ Scuffed Podcast when he began to distribute cash to subscribers via his sponsors Cash App....
The Island Living expansion pack which was recently released for the fourth installment in the Sims is a true game-changer. Before its release, many Sims fans were growing concerned at the bare nature of the previous packs that had been released for The Sims 4 and many fans were either returning to previous installments of the game or quitting the franchise entirely. But the recently released (June 2019) Island Living Expansion pack brought so much new content to the game that it reignited the love that many fans had for the series....
Another Ubisoft game is now set to miss its original (second?) launch date, following in the footsteps of both Watch_Dogs and Assassin’s Creed Unity’s own delay not too long ago. Fortunately for those eagerly anticipating Ubisoft’s open-world racing game The Crew, they only need to wait an extra month. Instead of hitting its November 11, 2014 release date (after being delayed once before last year), The Crew will now release on December 2, 2014 for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PC (no PS3 version, sorry)....
Without a doubt, Sony’s E3 2015 demonstration was chock full of great-looking titles, but after wrapping up its presentation with a look at the gameplay from the hotly anticipated Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, a lot of people left with treasure hunting on the brain. While the latest entry in Naughty Dog’s upcoming action-adventure platformer still doesn’t have a specific release date, fans of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End can at least rest easy knowing that an incredible effort is being made to bring Nathan Drake’s world to life down to every meticulous detail....
It was not long ago that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout was king of the gaming world. The game’s popularity has dropped off somewhat, but not too much. New screenshots of Fall Guys Season 2 have been released, making it clear there’s still more to come. For many, one of the best parts of Fall Guys is the appeal of its characters: the Fall Guys beans themselves. From their design to their penchant for dressing up in costumes, they’re a model for future character designers....
The massive success of Valheim continues. Iron Gate AB’s exploration and survival game launched less than three weeks ago, but the title has already become an instant hit. The co-founder behind Valheim’s development team is humbled by what has transpired, as such skyrocketing success can be rare in gaming. Valheim seems to break its own milestones on a near-daily basis, and that is again the case with its concurrent player count....
In a weeklong flurry back in September of last year, Valve introduced the gaming public to its vision of the future. That vision, while a little ambitious, included a new Linux-based platform for games (SteamOS), a revolutionary new controller, and the final piece of the puzzle: the Steam Machine. And while the Steam Machine and SteamOS have been making strides towards a public unveiling, the Steam controller has been kept closely under wraps....
This is great news for the Warhammer: Vermintide team. Sequel Vermintide 2 has already outsold the original, only two weeks after its release. Sequels are always a tricky business, aren’t they? Whether we’re talking video games, movies, books or any media, there’s so much pressure with a follow-up. The trouble is, it’s so hard for the creators to really win. On the one hand, if you weren’t a fan of the original, a new game with a ‘2’ (or a snappy subtitle) slapped on isn’t going to change your mind....
It’s hard to believe that Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order has been out since December of 2019. The game has received copious amounts of positive attention from the Star Wars community and has opened the door for an entire new gaming franchise. Though, one question that remains is which previous characters will show up in the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order? The first game in the series cataloged the events of Cal Kestis, a member of the Jedi Order who survived Order 66....
Spoilers ahead for WandaVision episode eight, “Previously On." During the post-credits scene on last week’s WandaVision, Hayward finally manages to rebuild Vision. Using the chaos magic-infused drone he attacked Wanda with in episode five, Hayward pumps an all-white Vision full of energy and turns him back on. Vision had a similar resurrection in the comic book, though the events that led to him getting disassembled and rebuilt were much different. It’s a complicated story, but in essence, Vision had connected himself with every computer in the world as part of an ill-fated plan to create peace on Earth....
There aren’t many animated series that have pervaded the mainstream quite like the Avatar franchise, which is undoubtedly one of Nickelodeon’s most popular shows of all time. The original series was so popular that it ended up spawning a number of comics to satiate the fanbase’s feral demand for more material. Somehow, even that wasn’t enough to quell the fanbase, who ended up receiving a spinoff series in the form of The Legend Of Korra, that garnered rave reviews for successfully continuing the Avatar legacy in admirable fashion....
