Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a Boring, Toothless Co-Op Shooter

Aliens (1986) is an extraordinary science fiction movie about motherhood and revenge. Ellen Ripley has already been through hell and back in the original, single-handedly taking down the first known Xenomorph with sharp wits and loose equipment; in the sequel she’s visibly over the cyclical Alien format. She’s done the…

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REVIEWS

Building Paradise: The Philosophy Behind Paradise Killer

Paradise Killer, the first project from independent development studio Kaizen Game Works, is one of the most confident games I’ve ever played. And yet, when I ask its developers about what part of Paradise Killer they felt most confident about leading up to its release, they struggle to name anything…

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FEATURES

FFXIV Endwalker: All Melee DPS Changes up to Level 90 and Reaper Breakdown

During a hands-on preview session with Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, we checked out how all Jobs are changing once the expansion launches. Everything — from tweaks to existing skillsets and new actions past the current cap of level 80 — was available for all Jobs. But here, we’re going to…

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FEATURES

The Life and Times of Sammy Guevara’s Phone: AEW Dynamite Recap

After a fair-to-middling Dynamite of little consequence (featuring an awesome AAA Mega Championship match and Chris Jericho yelling at a drone), more state governments are fighting COVID-19 with shelter in place orders. Apparently before the shutdowns went into effect, AEW filmed a bunch of content to last the next few…

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WRESTLING

You Should Get Into Sumo — Here’s Why (and How)

Getting someone into a new sport is a daunting proposition. Unlike video games or other hobbies, there’s an underlying perception that sports fans are born, not made. Baseball fans are baseball fans because their parents forced them to play it as kids, not because some weirdo on the internet (hi)…

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Sumo

SPORTS

Scientifically Determining the Favorite Games of 7 Famous Dead Authors

You might think you’re decent at video games, but there’s a case to be made for how some of the most prestigious authors of all time would probably beat you at Overwatch if the PS4 existed in 1853. After all, they’re highly intellectual creative geniuses who would likely revel in…

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LISTS

How to Play and Get Started With Ring of Elysium

Fortnite or PUBG not cutting it for you? Want to spend some time with a different kind of battle royale? Ring of Elysium, another title developed and published by Tencent, the company behind PUBG, may be the cure for the common battle royale, as it seems. It changes things up…

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GUIDES

Where is the Destiny 2 Ascendant Challenge This Week? Dec. 18, 2018

It’s the Destiny 2 Ascendant Challenge, everyone! If you’ve played Destiny for a while now, you probably already know it. You might even know where this week’s challenge is! But maybe you need a refresher on where the very helpful Powerful Gear event is this week. The Dawning is on now,…

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Destiny 2 Ascendant Challenge

GUIDES

The Top 10 Saddest Statues in The Witness

The Witness has the world's most anguished rock dudes.

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PUBG Mobile 0.13.0 Beta Patch Notes Bring Team Deathmatch, Remove Tyrant

With PUBG Mobile Season 7 now in full swing, Tencent is encouraging players to forgo the rewards and instead try out the latest beta version. Timed well for the weekend, 0.13.0 beta kicked off on Friday, May 24. There aren’t any hyper-specific PUBG Mobile 0.13.0 patch notes just yet. Instead,…

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Podvosto Vikendi PUBG Mobile

GUIDES

William Regal Was a Key to WWE NXT’s Greatest Era

Like many, I was first drawn to NXT during the summer of 2015, a year that has since been derided as one of the WWE’s absolute worst. Lamenting yet another long Daniel Bryan layoff and the creative tomfoolery that plagued Raw and SmackDown at the time, I opted to check…

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NXT General Manager William Regal

WRESTLING

‘Petite Maman’ Review: Little Momma’s House

Grief pervades every aspect of Petite Maman, though not as a free-floating metaphor or even as much of a focal point. It’s understated, to the point where we never see the death that looms over the entire film: the Grandmother of 8-year-old Nelly. We don’t hear it talked about, either…

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Petite Maman

TV/FILM