7 New Anime Series to Check Out This Summer

The summer season of anime is at our doorstep. In the deluge of new shows, it can be difficult for the untrained eye to separate the worthwhile from the worthless. Thankfully, you have me to do it for you. I’ve taken the liberty of picking out a few especially choice…

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Zombi Still Blurs the Lines Between Horror Games and Reality

I remember it like it was yesterday. I’m sitting on the floor of my friend’s darkened bedroom, lit only by the glow of his TV. I continued to manipulate the game’s protagonist, unaware of how tightly I was gripping the PlayStation controller with my sweaty palms. With my resolve weakened by…

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Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” Is Wrestling’s Greatest Theme Song

Among other things, last week marked the 50th anniversary of the release of Paranoid, Black Sabbath’s second album of environmentally conscious, doom-laden Christian metal. Unquestionably their biggest album, songs like “War Pigs,” “Paranoid,” and “Fairies Wear Boots” have been blasting in the trucks of dads who don’t understand the album’s…

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Riot Executive Resigns After Sharing Meme Praising George Floyd’s Death

A Riot Games executive has resigned following an internal investigation into a post he made on Facebook, which blamed the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department on his “criminal lifestyle,” and included a factually inaccurate meme implying that Floyd should have been killed years…

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6 Things Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Needs to Be Good

Oh, boy. Is there any better way to get the eyes of the world on you than to announce you’re doing a live-action remake of a beloved anime? Cowboy Bebop was an essential gateway series for late-nineties and early-baughties anime fans, and is considered by many to be one of…

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MTG Arena Theros Beyond Death Guide – Best Rares & Mythic Cards to Craft

The Greek mythology-inspired set of Theros: Beyond Death is live on MTG Arena and there are a ton of new cards to playtest. Boasting an impressive roster of spells that could easily shape multiple formats, it can be difficult to know which ones to spend your Wildcards on. Given how…

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Alpha, Beta, Cuck: AEW Dynamite Recap

After the insane highlights of AEW’s Winter is Coming special, it’s appropriate and justifiable that last week served as a cooldown episode. Some narratives were built upon in fascinating ways — like Sting blowing off Cody’s overtures and praise to shout out Darby Allin, the Inner Circle agreeing to coexist…

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Super Mario Run review

Stumbling at the starting line.

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No Man’s Sky The Abyss Update Is All Underwater

No Man’s Sky added a lot of mechanical depth with its NEXT expansion earlier this year. Now it’s adding literal depths in The Abyss update. The new aquatic content will include all kinds of undersea creatures and structures. That sounds like a nice next step for No Man’s Sky. Planetary surfaces got…

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Modern Roguelikes Are Fixing Video Games’ Narrative Problem

Video games have historically had a tricky relationship with story. That might seem counterintuitive to anyone who has had their heartstrings tugged by big games like The Last of Us or God of War, but the delicate balance between story and gameplay is difficult to get right. Fundamentally, you have…

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Horizon Forbidden West Cinnabar Sands – How to Unlock the First Tallneck

Surprise, Tallnecks are back in Horizon Forbidden West. The walking watchtowers from the first game remain ever-present, allowing Aloy to hop on their heads and clear the fog of the map on the surrounding area. That being said, the sequel introduces a bit more platforming in order to unlock Tallnecks.…

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GUIDES

Upload This to a Police Snitching App: AEW Dynamite Recap

It is hard to know where to begin this review of AEW Dynamite. Fanfyte took last month off of regular coverage of televised wrestling as a means of responding to WWE and AEW’s decisions to shoot live shows during a pandemic. That pandemic is still a going concern, and watching…

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