Nothing Really Matters, Anyone Can See, Every Game’s a Roguelike to Me

In online gaming communities, gamers can sometimes get a bit pedantic with their genre labels, occasionally to an obnoxious extent. It’s one of the immutable laws of the internet: scroll through the comments on any article or forum thread that mentions a hyper-specific descriptor such as “Metroidvania” or ‘Souls-like,” and…

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WWE Recap: Women Be Shooting in Promos

It’s two weeks post-WrestleMania, and WWE has a choice to make; can they shake things up, or should they deliver the exact same content we’ve seen on repeat for the past few months? They seemed to land somewhere in the middle, where every step forward also gave us two steps…

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You Love to See It Reviews Mission: Impossible (1996) | The Podcast Transcript

Payday May continues on You Love to See It, and we’re taking things back to the beginning once again with 1996’s Brian De Palma-directed Mission Impossible. It’s the first in a series that started it all for one Tom Cruise and his perverted obsession with making each subsequent film an…

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PODCASTS

Asking Athletes About Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status Is A Journalist’s Job

Why do we need to know an athlete’s COVID-19 vaccination status? That question is behind renewed animus towards sports reporters from the inescapable Twitter peanut gallery, who view merely asking an athlete whether or not they have been vaccinated as a violation of privacy. Never mind that journalism is an…

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SPORTS

For The Physically Disabled, Elden Ring is the Most Accessible Souls Game Yet

FromSoftware games are notoriously difficult both in their gameplay and lack of notable accessibility options. They reward patience and persistence while simultaneously punishing players for making mistakes. Traditionally, these titles are filled with insurmountable barriers, especially for physically disabled individuals, but Elden Ring marks a notable shift in physical accessibility…

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REVIEWS

Scarred Yian Garuga MHW Unlock & Location: Guiding Lands Tips

It’s a long ways into MHW that you encounter Yian Garuga. But that’s not the end of this frenzied, ferocious bird! You will eventually also encounter the Scarred Yian Garuga subspecies inside the Guiding Lands. This is one of several “secret” breeds only found in the endgame zone of Monster…

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FFXIV Alliance Raid Guide: Myths of the Realm – Aglaia (Patch 6.1)

Rhalgr, the Destroyer. Thaliak, the Scholar. Nald’thal, the Traders. The Twelve loom large over the background of Final Fantasy XIV. They are the patron deities of whole cities like Old Sharlayan and Ul’dah, or the namesakes of towns like Rhalgr’s Reach. Hidden high above Silvertear Lake is a monument to…

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Tumblr Users Baffled After Latest Wave of Content Bans

Tumblr was once a land of unfiltered expression — a lush HTML community garden where budding creatives from all fields could share their pieces, converse, or just laugh at funny images as they scroll. However, due to a series of abrupt and poorly announced content bans, the crops are dying,…

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Fallout 4: Wasteland Workshop review impressions

This wasteland needs more than a workshop.

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I Can’t Stop Playing Skyward Sword, Even Though Its Controls Want Me Dead

You may have heard it on the podcast this week, but I am angry at The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. Not because it’s a bad game: frankly, it’s the opposite. It’s a really well-designed game bursting at the seams with good ideas (good ideas that would be put…

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RPGs, Adventure, and the Fantasy of Perpetual Growth

Just as Playboy was once read for the articles, we claim we come to RPGs for the narrative, or the characters, or the world-building. But looking at where our time is actually spent during play (and more to the point, where the design leads us) tells a different story. The…

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It’s a Mad Russian World: NXT TakeOver 36 Recap and Review

SummerSlam has come and gone, which means it’s time for Pumpkin Cold Brew and your favorite fall craft beers. NXT sent the season off with TakeOver 36, an event that managed to be better than its main roster counterpart, although that wasn’t a very tall task. Headlined by Samoa Joe’s…

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