5 Home Bases From RPGs I Wish I Could Visit

Video games are often described as escapism, and for good reason. Looking around the real world it’s easy to want to go where we’re not on the brink of war or teetering on the edge of climate catastrophe. Sometimes that sense of escapism can get too strong, though, and it…

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The Real Life Commitment for a FFXIV World-First Raid Race

About six days after Dragonsong’s Reprise (Ultimate) went live alongside Patch 6.11 for Final Fantasy XIV, the first team in the world to clear it celebrated with jubilation and relief. It seemed as if the players in the raid group, known as Team Neverland, had a huge weight lifted from…

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FEATURES

WWE’s Behavior of Refusing to Let Wrestlers Quit Their Jobs has a Long, Storied History

It’s a story that has become increasingly familiar: that a WWE wrestler, theoretically an independent contractor, asks for a release from their WWE talent contract and has the request denied. This time? The wrestler in question is Roderick Strong, who fits the bill of a wrestler who they’d otherwise consider…

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WRESTLING

The Fancies 2021: Steven Strom’s Game of the Year List

Another year, another landslide of problems to try and escape in the world of video games. I won’t go too deep on just how hard 2021 has been. I edited most of our end-of-year pieces by my coworkers. They already did a much better job of encompassing the struggles we…

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FEATURES

Paul Thomas Anderson, WTF is The Master?

This week on You Love To See It (Fanbyte’s movie rewatch podcast!), we closed out Join Us June with a viewing of The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s beautifully acted 2012 drama about a charismatic cult leader. With incredible performances by dearly departed Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, and gorgeous…

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TV/FILM

The Surge review

It's more than just 'Dark Souls, in space.'

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 10 “The Galactic Barrier” Review

When Paramount announced last month that Star Trek: Discovery would be picked up for a fifth season, they were explicit that this next batch would consist of ten episodes, rather than thirteen or fourteen. Fans have speculated that this is due to Discovery no longer being co-financed and distributed by…

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TV/FILM

Gundam Extreme Vs. Force Review Impressions

Extreme and with Force.

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Would a Blood Infusion From Carlos Santana Make You Really Good at Guitar, or Just High?

On this week’s installment of Friends Reunion (A Podcast for Discerning Listeners), John is aboard the International Space Station to atone for the many, many sins that he committed during his birthday, which was last week. This week though it’s LB Hunktears’ birthday, and since they have never once sinned,…

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PODCASTS

NJPW Best Of The Super Jr./World Tag League 2020 Final Review

This past weekend was a big one for junior heavyweights in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In America, El Phantasmo became a two-time Super J-Cup winner, and in Japan, Hiromu Takahashi took home his second winged Best of the Super Juniors trophy. With the BOSJ and World Tag League finals on…

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WRESTLING

Five Reasons Science Nerds Will Love Dr. Stone

As anime fans, we have to be very willing to suspend our disbelief. It’s how we get to enjoy shows about robots punching planets in half and people traveling to fantasy worlds inside computers. So when a show manages to combine excitement with actual science, it stands out. Dr. Stone…

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