GUIDES
Josh Brown Jun 24, 2020. 5 minute read
PUBG Mobile Season 13 Week 8 Challenges – Tips and Tricks
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GUIDES
Collin MacGregor Oct 21, 2020. 2 minute read
Phasmophobia Loss Guide – When & How You Lose Items
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 31, 2020. 4 minute read
Why Is Wrestling Satisfied with Being a Distraction?
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WRESTLING
lb hunktears Oct 28, 2019. 6 minute read
Pro Wrestling Schedule for the Week of 10/28/19
READ MORE >Robert Rath May 26, 2016. 9 minute read
Sent from Satan: Why Doom scared us back in 1993
READ MORE >James O'Connor May 10, 2016. 6 minute read
1979 Revolution: an Interview with Navid Khonsari, Part 1
READ MORE >Gretchen Felker-Martin Jun 8, 2022. 3 minute read
‘Crimes of the Future’ Review: Eat Trash, Be Free
After more than twenty years, David Cronenberg returns to the world of sci-fi body horror without missing a beat. Amid the rotting bones of a nameless, placeless coastal city, the performance artists Caprice (Léa Seydoux) and Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) collaborate in public surgical extractions of Saul’s “novel organs,” glands…
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REVIEWS
Robert Rath Aug 18, 2016. 7 minute read
The folly of calling Stranger Things ‘unoriginal’
Immature poets imitate, but mature poets steal.
READ MORE >Kenneth Shepard Nov 1, 2021. 5 minute read
Star-Lord is Bisexual, So When Will Games and Movies Catch Up?
The following article will contain spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy. I’ll lead this article by giving Guardians of the Galaxy developer Eidos-Montreal the benefit of the doubt: the revelation that Peter “Star-Lord” Quill is bisexual is a relatively recent one. It came about last December, where the 2020-2021 Guardians…
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TRENDING
Eric Van Allen May 22, 2019. 21 minute read
Every Fighting Game Movie Ever Made, Ranked From Worst to Best
The story portion of fighting games has rapidly evolved over the years. What started with a simple framing device — often a tournament of the world’s finest — has grown into cinematic epics like last month’s Mortal Kombat 11. But video games aren’t the only place where these stories unfold. With the release of MK11, I…
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LISTS
David Bixenspan Jan 15, 2020. 5 minute read
The Other Guy, or the Case of Two La Parkas
On Saturday, the pro wrestling world suffered a major loss with the death of La Parka, a longtime top star wrestler in Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA promotion. Real name Jesús Alfonso Escoboza Huerta, 54, Parka succumbed to organ failure stemming from in-ring injuries that he suffered in October. The wrestling…
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WRESTLING
Robert Rath Apr 14, 2016. 10 minute read
Buddhas and Boxing: A Street Fighter Tour of Bangkok
Some of the elements in Street Fighter's depiction of Bangkok are real-- and you could see them for yourself, if you ever visit.
READ MORE >Mike Williams Sep 2, 2021. 4 minute read
It’s Okay To Struggle With the Sprouts, FFXIV Veterans
I’ve heard teaching can be fulfilling. There’s power in taking a young or inexperienced mind and watching it blossom under your tutelage. Passing on your knowledge to someone ensures a long, bright future for your community. Sometimes, though, you just want to finish your Duty Roulettes. The number of players…
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FEATURES
merritt k Nov 3, 2020. 2 minute read
5 Unusual Power Fantasies Provided by Video Games
Video games can do a lot of things, but one of the most common is to make the player feel powerful. These fantasies can come in many forms — winning a sports championship, defeating one’s enemies, completing difficult quests, and so on. But video games aren’t all about being Italian…
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LISTS
Robert Rath Jun 30, 2016. 9 minute read
Why Warcraft is a hit in China… even though it isn’t ‘good’
In China, Warcraft had a LOT of advantages-- and an audience with, perhaps, more favorable tastes.
READ MORE >Scott Duwe Mar 11, 2019. 25 minute read
Here’s the Lore: What’s the Story of Destiny 2 – Season of the Drifter?
The Destiny 2 Postmaster mainly catches items players miss during in-game activities. But in the Season of the Drifter, players have discovered their postage also carries some interesting lore. Specifically, we’ve all received some Messages from Aunor. Aunor is a member of the Praxic Order, an organization of Destiny Warlocks founded alongside…
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FEATURES
Sinclair August May 3, 2019. 5 minute read
Jorge Luis Borges’s New and Improved Pokémon Type System
It is a truth universally unacknowledged that Pokémon types are incomprehensible bullshit, to the degree that it would be easier to develop an entirely new system than to fix it. The taxonomy is a mess, for one. About half of them are roughly elemental — Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, and…
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FEATURES
Nerium Jun 23, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanwidth (A Fanbyte Podcast) Episode 070: The Aggro Crag Illuminati
We skip right to the good stuff by going heavy on games this week! The usual gang goes deep on Griftlands, Valorant, Clubhouse Games, The Last of Us Part II, and Divinity: Original Sin 2! Plus stick around for some lighter chat about the Game Boy Advance (again) and some…
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