Pokemon Ice & Shadow Rider Calyrex Guide: Shaderoot Carrot or Iceroot Carrot?

The main leg of the Pokemon Sword and Shield Crown Tundra DLC questline involves helping out (and eventually capturing) the legendary Pokemon Calyrex. But the type of Calyrex you catch ultimately depends on which of two choices you make along the way. The legend of Calyrex mentions the Pokemon’s loyal…

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PUBG Mobile Finally Takes Aim At Hack Developers

PUBG Mobile took a long, hard swing of the ban pan yet again this week. Not directly against players, as it often tends to do, but against the hacks themselves that enable those nefarious ways. The developer of the game issued a statement regarding how it tackled a bunch of…

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A Totally Arbitrary, Not at All Complete List of UFC ‘Fight Island’ Moments

This Saturday, Khabib Nurmagomedov will put the UFC lightweight title on the line against Justin Gaethje in what will be the last of the currently scheduled* events at “Fight Island” — which I know sounds like the type of badass setting where high-school kids armed with katanas would engage on…

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Pokemon Sword & Shield Ability Patch Guide: Where to Get the Ability Patch

The Pokemon Sword and Shield Crown Tundra expansion doesn’t just add a sprawling new zone to explore. On top of the 100 or so returning Pokemon from past generations, it also includes a brand-new item for competitive players to foam over – the Ability Patch. It won’t mean much to…

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Pokemon Sword & Shield Legendary Clue 3 Guide: Catching Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres

When you partner up with Peony at his Freezington lodge during the Pokemon Sword & Shield Crown Tundra storyline he’ll hand you a stack of papers. The TV-loving adventurer has been devouring Discovery Channel documentaries on Legendary Pokemon, and he wants you to go and catch them. One of these…

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Pokemon Sword & Shield Legendary Clue 2 Guide: How to Catch Regieleki and Regidrago

When you first make your way to the Crown Tundra’s main town of Freezington and get acquainted with Peony and his lodge, he’ll hand you three stacks of paper. The TV-loving adventurer has watched a few too many shows on Legendary Pokemon, and he wants you to go and catch…

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Hades Reminds Us That, Now More Than Ever, the World Needs Hunks

You’ve seen him. You’ve heard him. There’s a strong likelihood you’ve played as him. Prince Zagreus has been an unavoidable presence online ever since the game Hades was born (or, reborn, from a lengthy period in early access) back in September. People have a lot of time for the Prince…

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Volleyball is the Grim Specter of Indoor Sports in the Pandemic

There is a reality that exists right now within the United States — land of the unchecked pandemic and home of the hundreds of thousands dead — where you can go inside a college or high school gym and watch people play volleyball. Not because you know any of them,…

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I Would Die For Peony, Pokemon’s New Himbo Dad and Gay Icon

The Pokemon series has always been great at endearing you to a character in a very brief amount of time. This is true of gym leaders you see for mere minutes of screentime, professors who only check in on you periodically throughout an entire game, and even people who are mostly…

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We’re All Todd Howards Climbing Mountains in the Hyperreality of Skyrim

See that mountain? You can climb it. These sentences were apparently uttered by Todd Howard during the presentation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo. But try to find that moment, and you’ll be met with memes, bug montages, references to mountains and open world games, and…

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Google Disavows Stadia Man Showing Whole Ass Online About Streamers Paying Devs Royalties

Yesterday, Stadia Games & Entertainment Montreal Creative Director Alex Hutchinson had a day on Twitter. After he posted two tweets about his thoughts on how streamers should have to pay developers when they stream their games, essentially arguing that they should have to pay a license to use the games…

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Genshin Impact Klee Guide: Best Build, Artifacts, & Team for Patch 1.6 (June 2021)

Klee is finally making her return to a Genshin Impact banner! She hasn’t been available since November 9, 2020 and needless to say, some things have changed. Today we’re going to run down Klee’s abilities and recommend what we think is the best build, best artifacts, best team composition, and…

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