14 Games Worth Playing If You Like FFXIV

If I could have just one game for the rest of time, Final Fantasy XIV is the easy choice. But there are so many good games out there that hit similar notes as the critically acclaimed MMORPG, some of which may even make you appreciate FFXIV a bit more. Director…

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FEATURES

The 7 Best Non-Violent Games of 2018

Don’t get me wrong; I love a good shooter as much as the next person. I’ve played plenty of Overwatch over the last couple of years and have pumped countless hours into gun-toting campaigns for as long as I can remember. Violent games can be fun! It’s a bit odd,…

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Eight ways Pokemon Go has already affected meatspace

For better and for worse.

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In 1997, Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio Jr. Wrestled A Perfect Match

Eddie Guerrero’s birthday was this week. He would have been 53. Wrestlers die young—it’s an unfortunate reality of an industry whose primary corporation lobbied away state athletic commission oversight, largely looked the other way on steroid usage and drug and alcohol abuse, and created a concussion-heavy product that only changed…

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WRESTLING

The Signal from Tolva review

Robots, guns, and space. What could go wrong?

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Double Decker Plays With Tropes To Tell a New Kind of Detective Story

All the stories in the world are made of tropes — recurring narrative devices like themes or character archetypes. And although good writers know how to take tropes and manipulate them to say something new, they can also lead to lazy, repetitive writing. The police procedural format is particularly guilty…

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Forever Exalted: AEW Dynamite Recap

I have never felt more fulfilled to be wrong. When Brodie Lee debuted in AEW as the much-hyped Exalted One of the Dark Order during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, I initially thought it was a miss. A waste of colossal talent who had just spent much of…

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WRESTLING

Antrum Delivers on Everything (Except Actually Killing You)

So far, the track record for YouTube’s dark media scene in the mainstream is a bit like Tiny Tim (the Dickens one): short and unfortunate. Unsurprisingly, it’s not really the original creators’ fault; once Hollywood gets a whiff of something like Marble Hornets, their instinct is to try and improve…

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Resident Evil Village Makes Me Appreciate Games With Good Journals

I finished Resident Evil Village (or Resident Evil 8, whatever you prefer) yesterday. I liked it well enough! It was fun to watch unfold, even if it fell apart in the last quarter and never reached the highs of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard for me. It has an exquisite art…

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The New Doctor Who Is Only Progressive on the Outside

Doctor Who just finished its first season with a woman in the titular role. The decades-long sci-fi series has changed leading men many times — canonically explained by a process called “regeneration” — and we knew about other members of the Doctor’s alien race swapping sexes before. But Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker was the…

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New Doctor Who

FEATURES

Where to Get Some of the Best Early Elden Ring Spells

The best spells in Elden Ring respect your FP while dealing significant damage. Better still are the Incantations and Sorceries with barely any delay between pressing the button and launching the attack. These spells are usually difficult to track down, and since this is Elden Ring, danger and death are usually a…

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GUIDES

Can’t Smash ‘Em All: Where Does Roman Reigns Go From Here?

I didn’t watch last week’s Crown Jewel for numerous reasons, the least of which being that it aired at noon eastern time on a Thursday. But controversial pay per views and glossy packages for matches 30% of their audience didn’t watch aside, it seemed to be business as usual for…

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