Dillon Skiffington Jan 4, 2021. 2 minute read

Genshin Impact Qingxin Guide – Qingxin Flower Location & Uses

If you haven’t exactly been harvesting every piece of Qingxin you come across, you’d be forgiven. After all, the only there are only two characters who use it for ascension. If you’re experienced with Genshin Impact, chances are you already know exactly why you’re looking for Qingxin. For those of…

Gretchen Felker-Martin Jan 4, 2021. 4 minute read

Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Top 8 Film and TV of 2020

It’s been a long, grim year for film and television — too grim to merit a whole top ten list. In its place I give you — with the proviso that no, I have not seen First Cow — my top eight shows and movies of 2020. 8. The Third…

mer Jan 4, 2021. 2 minute read

NXT New Year’s Evil Preview and Predictions

It’s 2021, so all the problems and pandemics of 2020 are firmly in the past, and we can go back to enjoying wrestlers sweating and breathing on each other without fear of spreading a deadly virus. Right? NXT’s celebrating the end of a difficult year with their two favorite things:…

Nerium Jan 4, 2021. 2 minute read

Fanbyte’s Game of the Year 2020: It’s Hades, Babies

Hades is the antithesis of video games in 2020. It’s an affordable, polished, heartfelt, entirely single-player game with an intentionally inclusive cast, made with labor practices that prove better working conditions make better art. It stands in stark contrast to the increasingly unconcealable truth that AAA game development has become…

Kenneth Shepard Jan 4, 2021. 2 minute read

2021 Has Already Peaked: Persona Soundtracks Are Coming to Spotify

For video game music fans with indisputably exquisite taste, tomorrow will be a good day, as some (unfortunately not all) of the Persona soundtracks are coming to Spotify at midnight on January 5. AniPlaylist, a site that compiles anime and anime adjacent soundtracks, has already created a playlist of all…

Collin MacGregor Jan 4, 2021. 2 minute read

Apex Legends Heirloom Guide – How to Get Gibraltar’s Heirloom

Dust off your boxing gloves and put on your trunks because the Fight Night event is almost live. Another cosmetic-focused event in Apex Legends, players can both earn and purchase exclusive items during its duration. Similar to previous cosmetic events, Fight Night includes a new heirloom for everyone’s favorite gentle…

Kenneth Shepard Jan 4, 2021. 2 minute read

Modder Claims Breath of the Wild’s NPCs Are Created Using Advanced Miis

Have you ever wanted to see yourself recreated in the style of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Well, it turns out that is actually very much possible, as the game apparently uses an advanced version of Nintendo’s Mii system called UMiis to create its NPCs. This means if…

Natalie Flores Jan 3, 2021. 13 minute read

You Should Be Excited For These 20 Indie Games Coming Out in 2021

New year, new me writing a list of indie games I am excited to see more of and play. If there’s something that helped me get through all the hardships of 2020, it’s the many video games I loved — over half of which were indie games. It’s getting increasingly…

Emily Pratt Jan 2, 2021. 14 minute read

Everything You Need To Know About NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 15

2020 may be over, but the new year won’t really begin for New Japan Pro Wrestling until after January 4-5, when NJPW will put on some of its most high-stakes matches and biggest angles of the year at Wrestle Kingdom 15. The Wrestle Kingdom card includes title matches, grudge matches,…

mer Jan 2, 2021. 9 minute read

WWE Recap: Out With A Bang, In With A Spirit Bomb

It’s been a difficult week for the wrestling community, with the sudden and heartbreaking loss of Brodie Lee last Saturday. Lee, known as Luke Harper in WWE from 2012-2019, was an incredible talent and the tributes posted in the wake of his passing have made it clear that he was…

John Warren Jan 2, 2021. Less than a minute

Insomnia: A Review

Nerium Jan 1, 2021. 1 minute read

Fanbyte’s Game of the Year 2020 Podcast Day 5: Forgotten Games

05Closing out or coverage of Game of the Year 2020 here at Fanbyte, some of the gang got together one last time to discuss some forgotten gems. Time has compressed and lost all meaning. March was a decade ago. Anything that happened or came out more than a week ago…