Darkest Dungeon Review

Highs and lows abound in this beautiful, complex game.

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Review: Cool, I Guess

For the past few decades, major label superhero comics have made an annual tradition of the Big Summer Crossover Event. This usually takes the form of a core miniseries wherein you’ll find all the important plot beats and shocking reveals (this year it’s Dark Crisis at DC, Avengers vs. X-Men…

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TV/FILM

There’s Probably Good Jokes in Gilgamesh, Right?

On this week’s episode of Friends Reunion (a Podcast for Discerning Listeners™), the Fanbyte Thinktank reconvenes to address one of the most important crises facing modern Sleepy Americans: BMW’s new subscription-based seat warmers. Before John Warren, LB Hunktears, and Niki Grayson can tackle that nightmare of an idea, however, there…

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PODCASTS

WWE Stomping Grounds Recap and Results

Quick note: if you’re someone who looks at the number grades I give, this might seem a little lower than prior reviews. I actually introduced a real system with math and stuff so I can grade more fairly. There’s number ratings for matches and everything! Wow! Math! Okay, I may…

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WWE Recap: Three Men and A Universal Title

Raw brought out debuts, NXT gave us a man in a jean jacket going absolutely mental, and SmackDown had Sami and Kevin back at it again. Lots to discuss this week. It’s full throttle towards 36% capacity at Raymond James stadium, and we’ve got two nights of card to pad…

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20 Years Later, eXistenZ is Still the Best Video Game Movie Ever Made

In March 1999, The Matrix was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. A month later, David Cronenberg released eXistenZ. The film begins similarly to the Wachowskis’ thriller, with a VR developer going on the run after an assassination attempt during the focus testing of her latest game. Because it also touched on…

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FEATURES

Wednesday Night War Week 6: A Dialogue!

This week we decided to experiment with a different format: LB Hunktears and Colette Arrand typing paragraphs at each other in Google Docs. It’s kind of like a podcast, but for your eyes. You could get a computer to read it to you, if you want. We hope you like…

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Five Cozy Things I Love So Far About The Sims 4 Cottage Living

Releasing July 22, Cottage Living will be the newest expansion pack for the popular life simulation game The Sims 4. As its name suggests, the DLC embraces everything about farming, gardening, and living off the land as your Sims live nestled away in a cute cottage in the English-inspired countryside. I’ve been…

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5 Beloved Anime Series That Got Season 2 Glow Ups

Like any other form of television, anime can and do have individual seasons that see drastic changes in quality. Sometimes they start out great… only to see worsening animation or writing. Other times, though, they start out weak and come back stronger — either by looking noticeably better, or by…

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LISTS

Professional Wrestling Is Already Cinema, Losers

WrestleMania 36, the collective fever dream of a world hungry for live entertainment and yet somehow sick to death of the WWE’s signature brand of live entertainment, took place last week, forever altering many fans’ perception of what wrestling is—what wrestling is capable of being—through its presentation of the Undertaker/AJ…

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South Park: The Fractured But Whole preview

The upcoming South Park game is getting some big improvements to battle gameplay.

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Oculus Quest Impressions: No Cords, No Problem

I received my first virtual reality demo from John Carmack at QuakeCon 2012. Upon fitting me with a prototype headset — seemingly held together with duct tape — the id Software co-founder stood by me, clutching a tangle of wires tethered to the goggles, while I fumbled through a VR version of…

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REVIEWS