Theories are like opinions, and opinions are like… well. What I mean is that everyone has one, and they’re all over the Internet. What fan theory do you love? What “mind-blowing” theories have ever actually blown your mind? We’ve rounded up the ones that’ll completely change how you see a …
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Heroes who insist on doing everything on their own must be socially inept, trying to compensate for their insecurities, suffer from horrendous body odor, or all of the above. Saving the world isn’t something you do by yourself – you need allies at your side to give you support and …
Read More »What happens when your Nintendo Switch dies? You’ll live, your data won’t
When I picked my Nintendo Switch up out of its dock only to find it locked on an error screen, I wasn’t too worried. The new console wasn’t even three weeks old! What could possibly be that wrong with it? This was probably just a hiccup as it was transitioning …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda review: “Not a disaster, but definitely not the fresh start this series needed”
Andromeda should have been a smart new chapter for the Mass Effect series. As far as the story goes, it is. 634 years since setting off into deep space, a colony of ships from the Milky Way – representing most of the major species from our galaxy – arrives in …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda review: “Not a disaster, but definitely not the fresh start this series needed”
Andromeda should have been a smart new chapter for the Mass Effect series. As far as the story goes, it is. 634 years since setting off into deep space, a colony of ships from the Milky Way – representing most of the major species from our galaxy – arrives in …
Read More »Aaargh! The 12 most stressful games youll ever play
Video games are a hobby; a passion; a distraction. They let us explore new worlds, achieve incredible things, and become superstars and heroes. Despite all this wonder and fantasy we often find ourselves getting incredibly stressed when we play a certain game. Yes, it’s only pixels and artificial sounds coming …
Read More »9 of the Cthulhu-iest video games ever
Elder Gods. The Great Old Ones. Those things Metallica sang about a couple times. Yes, H.P. Lovecraft’s (opens in new tab) unique brand of horror has delighted fans for years–oh, did I say delighted? I meant tormented beyond comprehension. See, Lovecraft created an entire mythology (known as the Cthulhu mythos …
Read More »9 rumors people believed about Pokemon games (that were totally fake)
Time for the understatement of the week: the Pokemon franchise is big. 60+ games, five anime series, a small planet’s worth of merchandise and over 700 colorful, brawling critters – it’s really, really big. Like, Snorlax big. So it comes as no surprise that a few rumors about it crop …
Read More »Horizon: Zero Dawn played! Come for the beautiful post-apocalyptic world, stay for the robo-dinosaur murder
I’m very particular about which RPGs I invest my time in. There are only so many hours in a day, and only so many of them can go toward gaming. For me to spend a large chunk of those hours with that one universe, character, and set of systems, I …
Read More »Lost Odysseys free on Xbox One through December 31, heres why you should download it
Microsoft’s finally worked out how to make Xbox 360 JRPG exclusives Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon work as downloadable titles on Xbox One, and it’s celebrating by giving the former title away for free. They were previously only playable on Xbox One if you had a disc copy of the …
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