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Best MTG Decks Guide – Esper Control for MTG Arena Standard

Ever since the printing of Teferei, Hero of Dominaria, Esper Control has become a dominating force in MTG Arena. Thanks to its suite of highly efficient removal spells and versatile planeswalkers, the Esper Control archetype has taken over the Standard format. Magic: The Gathering’s latest set – War of the…

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MHW Mew Are Number One! Event Quest – Great Spiritvein Gem Farm

Capcom slipped some surprises into its fest rush in MHW; “Mew are Number One!” is one of two brand-new event quests you really ought to play. It’s an ultra time-limited mission with one hefty reward: Great Spiritvein Gems. These incredibly rare crafting materials used to augment Rarity 12 gear. Normally,…

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NJPW G1 Climax Nights 9-10 Review: Air Guitar Serotonin

Previously on the G1,  Sanada moonsaulted his way out of the jaws of mathematical elimination, and no wrestler was left undefeated. Nights 9 and 10 of New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s annual heavyweight tournament are less dramatic, with no big upsets or shakeups in either block and with fewer exciting matches…

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Brendon Chung’s Materials

Games have more in common with the art world than you might think.

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Fallout 4 Has Aged Like a Ghoul in 2021

This weekend I did the unthinkable. I beat the main story quest in a Bethesda game. Specifically I finished Fallout 4 — the studio’s last single-player stab at the sci-fi series from 2015. It’s only the second Bethesda Game Studios title I’ve ever “finished,” the other coincidentally being Fallout 3…

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Yuji Okabayashi’s Time Limit Draws in the D-Oh Grand Prix: The Good and the Bad

One was good, the other not. It is always a fascinating exercise to see how two different wrestlers utilize time. So rarely do we get as direct a comparison as with Yuji Okabayashi’s two 30-minute time limit draws in the block stages of the DDT D-oh Grand Prix 2021 II.…

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Put Buster Keaton in Smash, You Cowards

The Super Smash Bros. playable cast has grown tremendously since the franchise debuted in 1999. In addition to adding new Nintendo characters with each iteration, the series has also brought in third-party characters like Sonic the Hedgehog, Pac-Man, and, most recently, Persona 5 protagonist Joker, who will join the Super Smash…

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Love, Money, and Supernatural: An Elegy for Destiel

A miracle occurred on the evening of November 5th, 2020. On this day — Guy Fawkes day, the third day of the 2020 US Presidential Election, the day that rumors of resignation swirled around long-empowered Russian politician Vladimir Putin — Destiel (the popular pairing of protagonists Dean and Castiel) became…

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Life is Strange: Wavelengths Wants to Explore What Makes Steph Special

The much-anticipated standalone DLC for Life is Strange: True Colors, which was released earlier this month, is out tomorrow. Titled Wavelengths, the bonus episode stars not True Colors protagonist Alex Chen but rather Steph Gingrich — a fan-favorite since she was introduced in Deck Nine Games’ first foray into the…

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NXT Takeover Toronto II Recap and Results

Another Summerslam weekend has come and gone, and with it, NXT’s annual summer Takeover show. I had a fun time watching this one! It was (mostly) well paced, without a bad match on the card. It had lots of cool wrestling moves, an acceptable amount of cosplay, cheerleaders, surprise Matt…

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‘Things Seen and Heard’ Review: Is It Feminist to Get Murdered?

Ladies, is it feminist when a woman is brutally murdered? I assumed we were all on the same page, but recent releases have left me wondering. Things Heard and Seen, Netflix’s adaptation of Elizabeth Brundage’s novel All Things Cease to Appear, offers a supposedly feminist spin on the ghost story,…

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MechWarrior 5 Is Building Giant Robots With Authenticity in Mind

When you’re designing a long-awaited follow-up to a beloved series that hasn’t had a new entry in over a decade, there can be a lot of external pressure to live up to fan expectations. With MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, Vancouver-based Piranha Games aims to bring the industrial stompy-robot fantasy of the…

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