‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ Review: A Ballsy Misfire for Nic Cage

So far as I can tell, there are at least three ways to approach Prisoners of the Ghostland, the English-language debut of anarchic Japanese director Sion Sono. The easiest is to just trust the thing and take it completely at face value, viewing its mishmash of time periods and cultures…

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Prisoners of the Ghostland

REVIEWS

Teamfight Tactics TFT Set 2 Announcement – Rise of the Elements Set Champions, Classes

A major Teamfight Tactics update is right around the corner! Riot Games has announced that TFT Set 2 is on its way, marking the start of a broader initiative to rotate the set of available TFT champions every few months. “To utilize the wide breadth of lore, champions, and thematics in…

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NEWS

Smash Ultimate Shulk Guide – Moves, Outfits, Strengths, Weaknesses

Smash Ultimate shows that sometimes you don’t need to mess with a good thing. The game is a lot like a revamped and improved version of Super Smash Bros. Wii U, for instance, and mostly focuses on bringing more characters into the existing framework. A lot of those characters — like Marth…

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Shulk Smash Ultimate Guide

GUIDES

‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ Review: The Loneliest Number

Does it really matter if I dislike Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers? I found it empty and pandering, an instance of some typically reliable comedians on autopilot, but is it even for me? It’s a PG-rated movie that got dumped on Disney+, that comes with a supplemental list of what…

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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers

TV/FILM

Fanbyte’s Top 50 Games of the Decade 16-1

Welcome to the final sixteen of Fanbyte’s Top 50 Games of the Decade! Last time we met, we dove into games 50-17. We saw two immersive sim modern classics from Arkane, an ASCII browser surprise, the funniest visual novel of the decade, and all the Mario games that will appear…

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PODCASTS

TFT Slam Berserkers Guide – Teamfight Tactics Best Team Comps (Patch 9.24b)

Tired of playing it safe in Teamfight Tactics? Making a balanced team that can deal damage while surviving is typically the way to victory. But sometimes the safe way can be boring, and when you want to be risky there are some powerful and fun TFT team comps you can…

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GUIDES

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 Villager Tier List – New Best Villagers

Okay, listen. Ranking every single Animal Crossing villager is a nearly insurmountable task. Everyone has their own opinions, and comparing every single villager isn’t even the most useful idea short of knowing who’s the best of the best. Most villagers are going to fall into the mid to low ranks…

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GUIDES

Creatures 2 Showed Us a Different Kind of Artificial Intelligence

The bubbly splashing of water heralds the start of a new world. Creatures 2 opens on the incubator room, golden-hued and filled with three-second audio loops I still hear in my sleep. A soft electrical hum, a low croak from a frog, the squeaky-toy chirp of a doozer, a gentle…

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FEATURES

Timothy Thatcher: An American in Oberhausen

It’s October 8th, 2017 in the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany and the bell has just rung to signify a finish to the main event of wXw’s World Tag Team League. Standing in the center of the ring are two men who just won the wXw World Tag Team Championships, covered…

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WRESTLING

Thumper review impressions

Thumper is wild, inventive, intense rthym-action by way of Suspiria.

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Five Games You Don’t Have to Play to Enjoy

If we accept that games are the combination of many different kinds of art, we have to acknowledge there are ways to appreciate them beyond just playing them.

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Teamfight Tactics Patch 9.22 TFT Patch Notes – Set 2 Champions, Items, Classes

The end of Teamfight Tactics Set 1 is near! With TFT Patch 9.22, Riot will officially launch Set 2: Rise of the Elements. There are a ton of changes in store including an entirely new batch of champions, classes, and origins. Alongside that we’ve also got some important item and…

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