CategoriesNews GamingScreenshot: Atlus / Kotaku Sometimes the optimal play is to not play optimally at all. In Altus’s Persona-like RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, there are the class options you’d expect from the genre, so you might expect to be told the best possible choice to most enjoy the game. It’s just…it doesn’t work like that here. It’s […]
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CategoriesNews GamingPhoto: NBCUniversal (Getty Images) Hold onto your baseball caps because Eric Taylor, AKA the coach from Friday Night Lights, AKA Kyle Chandler, is going to star as Hal Jordan in a Green Lantern series for HBO, according to Hollywood Reporter and Deadline. The in-development show, called “Lanterns,” will apparently have a darker, grittier vibe more akin […]
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CategoriesNews GamingParty Animals is one of the titles that regularly crops up during my friends and I’s game nights. Much like Gang Beasts before it, Party Animals is a floppy, comedic party game where a bunch of animals throw hands on increasingly ludicrous arenas, like a submarine that begins to descend into the ocean, or a […]
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CategoriesNews GamingUzumaki is a popular late ‘90s horror manga that fans have always wanted to see turned into an anime that lives up to the incredible art of creator Junji Ito’s original work. Recently, it seemed like Adult Swim was finally set to deliver with an adaptation five years in the making. The first episode certainly […]
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CategoriesNews GamingThere is already plenty to love in Street Fighter 6, with the insane crossover DLC characters currently the most recognized. Something else the fighting game especially excels at is providing you with tools to improve, via Modern Controls and the extensive Training Mode. The latest update has made this even better, with the much-desired addition […]
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CategoriesNews GamingI’ll be real with you, there’s a lot to play right now. The fall season of releases is in full swing and is especially full of heavyweight RPGS like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which are coming down the pipeline later this month. However, if I could draw your attention away from the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Wizards of the Coast A week ago, the independent Rules Committee for Magic: The Gathering Commander, the collectible card game’s most popular format in recent years, announced a surprise ban of three of its most popular and expensive cards. The reaction from some fans was swift, loud, and in some cases escalated to violent […]
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CategoriesNews GamingScreenshot: Konami, Roboatino, North Star Video Games, Image: Sony, Motion Twin It’s the first week of October and the chill is setting in, but, don’t worry, our takes are still hot. This week, gathered our favorite games from Tokyo Game Show for you to peruse, suggested some characters that should get added in future Astro Bot […]
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CategoriesNews GamingDirector Todd Phillips’ 2019 Joker seemingly hit the box office at just the right time, weaving between the late Trump years and the breakout of the global pandemic and cashing in on post-Avengers: Endgame MCU exhaustion. This time around, nothing seems to be going Joker: Folie à Deux’s way. Also, based on early reviews at […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Square Enix / Kotaku The release of a new Final Fantasy is always a massive event. Last year, PS5 owners were treated to the latest mainline entry in the iconic series of role-playing games from Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, and now PC players are finally getting in on the action. FF16—and its two […]
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