Gaming in the Time of Coronavirus Fuels the Social Aspect There All Along

You’re lying on a beach in the Northern Hemisphere. In a dream a cartoon dog named DJ KK is softly strumming the guitar and telling you that when you open your eyes. Soon you’ll awake to a new reality. “Crafting is quite simple, provided you have the right recipes,” the Raccoon…

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FEATURES

In Outer Wilds, Giant’s Deep Is My Own Personal Hell

Outer Wilds is the best game that I’ve played so far this year, and it’s going to take some kind of generation-defining masterpiece to dethrone it from the top of my GOTY list. It handles exploration and discovery better than anything I can remember, with charm and grace and a…

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FEATURES

John’s Top 10 Games of the Year Via Home Movies Stills

You’re inundated with GOTY content right now. Between our wonderful website and every other reputable source on the internet, everyone is telling you which ten games you ought to play (if you somehow missed them) from this year. I’m going to do that, too. Hi. The difference, my friends, is…

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LISTS

Is Squall Hotter in Kingdom Hearts Than in Final Fantasy VIII?

On this week’s episode of 99 Potions (Fanbyte’s premiere RPG podcast), it’s time for June’s monthly News Quest installment! Now you should know, full disclosure, the RPG Pals (sans John(?)) spend 30 minutes talking about Kingdom Hearts at the top of this episode thanks to a recent interview with Square Enix’s…

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PODCASTS

The Writing For Last Decade’s Final Fantasy Women Has Me Cautious Of FFXVI

Spoilers for Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XV to follow. Soon after the joy I experienced when I first saw the trailer for Final Fantasy XVI set in an uncomfortable but increasingly familiar wariness. It’s been 11 years since the first iteration of Final Fantasy XIV was announced, making…

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WandaVision Episode 7 “Breaking the Fourth Wall” Review

We’re approaching the climax of WandaVision, as the final pieces of the series’ overarching puzzles are revealed with two episodes remaining to snap them into place. “Breaking the Fourth Wall” is a particularly eventful chapter, featuring a villainous reveal, a superhero debut, and one, presumably final television homage. WandaVision began…

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REVIEWS

FFXIV Botanist Unlock Guide: Quest Locations & Coordinates

The Final Fantasy XIV Botanist may not seem as important as its mining counterpart. You pick flowers, gather wood, and harvest vegetables. While these aren’t often used for armor and weapons, like the various ores of Eorzea, they still serve many purposes from fueling potions to cooking combat-boosting food. Though…

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GUIDES

The Golden Donut: AEW Revolution Recap and Review

Remember last year? Remember packed, sold-out crowds? Remember when AEW Revolution was the most anticipated wrestling show of the year? I’m sure many of you know by now that, in addition to nearly sweeping the 2020 Wrestling Observer Awards, Revolution was voted Show of the Year and its tag title…

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WRESTLING

Five of Pro Wrestling’s Greatest Clowns

Clowns have never been pleasant to look at. The further back you get, the creepier the vibe. The suits are uncomfortably baggy, and all the make-up and colours just feel like a convenient facade for something sinister lingering underneath. They never seem truly happy. Something’s just off about them. Which…

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Total War: Warhammer 3 is the Final Piece of a Decade’s Ambition

When Total War: Warhammer was announced in 2015 and then released in 2016, it came with a set of promises and expectations, both implicit and explicit. That this would revitalize a Total War series then struggling to live up to its reputation. That it would encapsulate the entire Warhammer Fantasy world (or at least as much as…

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REVIEWS

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is Going to Find Massive Success in a Post Elden Ring World

This week’s episode of Thanks for the Knowledge features an amazing roundtable discussion about Overwatch 2 with resident expert Kenneth Shepard and lapsed player Mike Williams. I thought the discussion did a great job of explaining exactly why you might be excited about the new information Blizzard just dropped and…

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NEWS

The Spectacle of Bill Goldberg

It’s fall 1997, and while you don’t realize it at the time, you’re watching something special. It’s another episode of Monday Nitro—the Four Horsemen are falling apart, WCW is struggling to regroup in the face of the nWo, and Sting watches from the rafters while Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper…

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