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merritt k May 26, 2021. 4 minute read
Rating Eiffel 65’s Playstation Collection from “My Console”
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 10, 2020. 5 minute read
ICYMI: Everything Announced at The Game Awards 2020
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Natalie Flores May 9, 2021. 5 minute read
Resident Evil Village Makes Me Appreciate Games With Good Journals
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Jack Yarwood Jun 22, 2021. 11 minute read
A ‘Rare’ Interview with Donkey Kong Country Composer Eveline Novakovic
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James O'Connor Jul 15, 2020. 7 minute read
9 of the Best (and Worst) Switch Ports of AAA Games
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Dillon Skiffington Dec 28, 2021. 9 minute read
The Fancies 2021: Dillon Skiffington Breaks the Rules Again
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The Best Horror Movies of 2020 You Can Watch Right Now
With the world currently dealing with a global pandemic, many people are stuck inside their homes with nothing to do. While the film industry has been obviously hit, there are still some solid movies out there for horror junkies. Whether it’s one entirely made on Zoom or a slick retelling…
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Mike Williams Dec 14, 2021. 13 minute read
FFXIV Leveling Guide: How to Level Your Alternate Jobs Fast
The main scenario of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is behind you and you want to know what to do next. Or maybe you’re looking for a new Job moving forward and need to catch it up with your current progress. We’re here to help. Your main Job will reach the…
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Michael Higham Dec 27, 2021. 12 minute read
The Fancies 2021: Michael Higham’s 10 Favorite Games That Aren’t FFXIV Endwalker
Trust me, there are other games I play besides Final Fantasy XIV. Still, I’m predictable as hell, but I know what I like. Life isn’t all catgirls and bunny boys, crystals and aether, or calamity and Primals — though many of my favorite games share similar themes. I think for…
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Jordan Mallory Jun 20, 2022. 35 minute read
Does the Gaming Industry Miss Having E3 Around?
In this week’s episode of Spawn on Me, host Kahlief Adams shares his thoughts about his favorite and most anticipated games from Summer Game Fest. He also digs into the conversation around whether E3 still has a space to flourish in the current gaming coverage climate. (You can also listen…
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Matteo Lupetti Mar 23, 2020. 8 minute read
Ignore Doom 3 at Your Own Peril
In 2016 Doom was back with bright colors, cartoonish demons, gore, speed and violence. Players and critics alike hailed it as the long-awaited return of a series that lost its identity with its previous game, Doom 3 (2004). But Doom 3 is a real Doom episode: it explores lesser known…
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mer Jan 27, 2020. 10 minute read
Oh, Big Boys: WWE Royal Rumble Recap and Review
Surprise returns! Port-a-potty spots! The strap! An outdated transphobic joke! This show had everything and more. A very solid Rumble delivered us two unsurprising, but not undeserved, winners, and a great new GIF of Brock Lesnar making a 😮 face. Sheamus vs Shorty G (Kickoff) Sheamus starting off the preshow…
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Mike Williams Mar 23, 2022. 10 minute read
FFXIV Raid Guide: The Void Ark
Within the Sea of Clouds floats an ancient behemoth. The Void Ark is a haunted ghost ship that sails without a living crew. What spoils await inside for those brave enough to venture forth? The Warrior of Light joins Leofard and his Redbills, sky pirates of great renown looking for…
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Eric Van Allen May 22, 2019. 21 minute read
Every Fighting Game Movie Ever Made, Ranked From Worst to Best
The story portion of fighting games has rapidly evolved over the years. What started with a simple framing device — often a tournament of the world’s finest — has grown into cinematic epics like last month’s Mortal Kombat 11. But video games aren’t the only place where these stories unfold. With the release of MK11, I…
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Fūnk-é Joseph Dec 30, 2021. 17 minute read
The Fancies 2021: Fūnk-é’s Games of the Year 2021
Sweet! We made it to the end. I’m glad we got through this. The year 2021 started off rough for me. My cat Joemama, one of my best friends in the world, passed away suddenly in January. I’ve dealt with death before, but only as a child, tangentially saying goodbye…
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Kenneth Shepard Aug 17, 2021. 26 minute read
Intimate Space: The State of Queerness in Mass Effect
In Mass Effect’s vision of the far-flung future, humanity has integrated into a galactic society. Long gone are the otherings and dissension of modern-day Earth, as humans take their place in the stars beyond. At least, that’s the future it posits on the surface. In practice? Mass Effect is an…
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John Warren Jun 19, 2022. 33 minute read
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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John Warren May 22, 2022. 28 minute read
The Playdate Invokes a Better Bygone Era of Handhelds
The Playdate is an irresistible little thing more of us at Fanbyte have gotten our mitts on in the past few weeks. For this week’s Thanks for the Knowledge podcast, I sat down with two proponents of the device, featured contributor Fūnk-é Joseph and podcast producer Paul Tamayo, to check…
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