What I Call Monster Hunter Rise Monsters Instead of Their Real Names

There’s no denying Monster Hunter has a certain fondness for felynes. The catlike creatures have been joining players against impossible odds for years now. Monster Hunter Rise introduces the canyne Palamutes (dog friends), but I’ll always have a soft spot for the pun-spouting Palicoes, which I always name after my…

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What Do the Yellow Boxes in Monster Hunter Rise Mean?

Confused about the little, yellow boxes in Monster Hunter Rise? They’re not exactly well explained. The innocuous yellow icons appear in your Hunter’s Notes — specifically in the “Materials” section of certain Large Monster categories. Understanding what the yellow boxes mean might not seem like much, but it’s actually pretty…

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GUIDES

How to Unlock All Switch Skills in Monster Hunter Rise

In Monster Hunter Rise, Switch Skills are a deeply cool and important new feature that every player should get to know well. They function a bit like Hunter Arts and Hunting Styles from Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, and allow players to customize their combat with any given weapon. There are…

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GUIDES

Monster Hunter Rise Language Guide – English or Japanese Voice Acting?

Monster Hunter Rise comes with a variety of voice acting options — and many players will likely wonder if they should use English or Japanese. The reason being that this is the first game in the series where your hunter really talks. They don’t speak in cutscenes, mind you. But…

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GUIDES

Monster Hunter Rise Tips Guide – 35 Things the Game Doesn’t Tell You

Looking for Monster Hunter Rise tips to help you on your hunts? I certainly hope so, because I’ve written quite a few during the hundred or so hours I’ve played game leading up to its release. It’s a dense one, so of course it comes with an equally dense list of…

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GUIDES

16 of the Best Space Games Available on Steam

Does anyone else sometimes crawl through Steam tags looking for the next game to play? More often than not I find myself doing this when I’m on the hunt for the next game set in space to scratch my exploratory science fiction itch. To try and save everyone some time,…

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LISTS

The Final Boss Sequence in Balan Wonderworld Needs a Seizure Warning [UPDATE]

Balan Wonderworld, the debut game from Square-Enix subsidiary Balan Company led by Sega veteran Yuji Naka, is out tomorrow. But footage of the game is already surfacing online, which means there are videos of the game’s final sequence. Since then, people online are pointing out some of the transitions in…

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NEWS

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Review: Ancient Lamentation Music

The theatrical, canonical version of 2017’s Justice League opens with a cutesy cell phone video of Henry Cavill’s Superman, who is plastered with a frightening CGI approximation of Henry Cavill’s mouth in an attempt to obscure Henry Cavill’s mustache. It’s a long story; on break from filming Mission: Impossible –…

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REVIEWS

On Hunger: AEW Dynamite Recap and Review

As we move further and further away from AEW Revolution, it becomes more and more apparent the intended explosion at its end was supposed to provide an exclamation point for an era of All Elite Wrestling. Seventeen days removed from the pay-per-view, its landscape has changed noticeably. Stalwart babyfaces turned…

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WRESTLING

Destiny 2 Grandmaster Guide – How to Beat the Grandmaster Arms Dealer

Destiny 2’s Season of the Chosen is officially live, so grab your weapon of choice and get ready to face the Cabal horde. Revolving around stopping Emperor Calus’ daughter Caiatl from uniting the Cabal, players will need to take down various champions that are vying for a seat on her…

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GUIDES

Morning Stack: It Feels Good to Beat a Game… I Mean REALLY Beat One

Etrian Odyssey is one of those series lost to the Nintendo DS. The portable (and its 3D successor) led to some wonderful, unique, charming ideas — such as drawing your own dungeon maps in real time on the bottom screen while a JRPG party explored up top. That defining feature…

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Maybe Overwatch Balancing for Pro Players Separately Would Be For the Best?

When I first saw the patch notes for Overwatch’s latest Experimental Card, I was a little bit terrified at just how much Blizzard seemed to be changing of its hero shooter. For the uninitiated, the Experimental Card is a mode used to test possible changes to Overwatch’s 31 heroes. Not everything tested…

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