Quick Links League Battle Decks are the most competitive preconstructed decks available in thePokemon TCG, often designed based on decks that are placing well in multiple major tournaments. The Gardevoir ex League Battle Deck is perhaps the pinnacle of the product line, matching nearly perfectly with decks that are placing first throughout the world. For countless trainers, Gardevoir is a much-beloved partner. For Pokemon TCG players, it’s a powerhouse Pokemon capable of competing at the very highest levels of international play....

Summary Small characters are the favorites of many. Who wouldn’t want to have a village of tiny animals or solve puzzles with a group of tiny creatures? There’s a connotation that tiny means cute and cozy. But not every game that features a little pal is relaxing. From action platformers to puzzle games, small characters are everywhere, not just in cozy games. Who is the best of the small but mighty characters?...

Summary As you can expect from a game categorized as a roguelike,Balatrois very difficult. Many beginning players find the game hard enough on the default settings, but the pain doesn’t stop there. Balatro has many ways to adjust its difficulty, such as its unlockable decks and challenges, but the biggest bump in difficulty by far comes from the game’s eight stake modes. Stakes are, like in poker, ways to increase the amount of money necessary to win the game....

Final Fantasy’smainline installments have been lengthy affairs for the vast majority of the franchise’s decades-long history. They might not bethelongest RPGs, but they are anything but short. Whether it’s a sprawling storyline, a rich amount of side content, or both, each title will take some time. For those among us who want to “100 percent” each game, some chapters will be particularly grueling. (Although surely all the more rewarding when we can say we pulled it off....

Kingdom Heartsis a confusing nightmare, and it’s only going to get worse with the fourth entry coming our way in the next few years. But I still love it, and always will. Square Enix’s unorthodox combination ofFinal Fantasyand classicDisneyfilms felt like a bizarre idea two decades ago, only for each subsequent game to shape its own sprawling universe alongside those it crosses over with. It helped create an incomprehensible mess that never bothered to explain itself, and only the most hardcore fans are patient enough to unwind all its lingering threads....

Summary While I was packing my things for a long haul flight last week, I was procrastinating. I’d folded up all my clothes, that was easy enough. I’d popped a coat in despite the forecast for perfect sunshine – fortuitous, as I was caught in a brief downpour. But what about entertainment? I packed four books, mye-ink notepad, and myheadphones, but what about games? I could pop mySteam Deckin, butit would barely last the train journeyto the airport, let alone the 15-hour flight plus layover times....

Returnalisn’t your averagePS5exclusive, in that it isn’t a linear narrative blockbuster or an open-world epic with unparalleled production values. Instead, it’s a roguelike third-person shooter defined by its relationship with death, following protagonist Selene Vassos as she crash lands on an alien planet and fights her way through myriad ancient civilizations in search of a way home. Every death has her transported back to where it all started, while fragments of her dark past bleed into the emergent narrative....

Summary Tomb Raider: Legend was just released for PlayStation 4 and 5, bringing the PS2 classic to modern audiences. However, the launch isn’t going down well with fans, as it runs at 30fps in 480p, significantly worse quality than the ten-year-old PS3 ports, the backwards compatible Xbox version, and the much cheaper GOG release. PlayStation 2 games ported to current-gen consoles typically have upscaled resolution, like theJaktrilogy, so it’s unclear why Legend didn’t receive similar treatment....

Summary There are a handful of places you can go to pick up officially licensed video game merch, but not many of those places tend to generate as much buzz as Uniqlo. Earlier this year,Uniqlo confirmed its first crossover with Final Fantasyand that its collection of six t-shirts would be here before Dawntrail’s launch. Keeping to that promise, we now know the collection of seven t-shirts, which includes designs inspired byFinal Fantasy 14, will be available to buythrough Uniqlo’s US sitefrom June 24....

Summary A game called Banana has been skyrocketing upSteam’smost-played list. It has an incredibly, unbelievably simple premise - you click a banana and a number goes up. No animations, no unlocks, nothing. But occasionally you get an item that you can sell on the marketplace, and therein lies the hook. As reported byPolygon, most of these are worth mere cents. You could sit and click that banana for hours and make less than $1....

Quick Links Kingdom Heartsis a vast series that mixes Disney characters with Final Fantasy to create something that stands on its own. However, the games have had some noticeable changes since the original release over two decades ago. With the release of Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 Remix, you may jump right into the series with the first six titles all bundled together. The differences between the original games and their Final Mix versions vary, but overall the games are a complete experience no matter what version you play....

Quick Links There are many factions within theFalloutuniverse, with some being more important than others. The Enclave is likely the most important of all the factions, since they are consistently used as antagonists throughout the series, either as background information, side content, or as the main bad guys. Since the Fallout games span hundreds of years of history, the Enclave has some incredibly intricate lore and motivations, starting even before the Great War that led to the games....

TheFalloutseries began as a TTRPG adaptation. The first Fallout game was originally going to be modeled after the GURPS TTRPG system, inspired by some of the creator’s ownpost-apocalyptic tabletop campaigns. This was changed because the licensing fell through, but the system the early Fallout games ultimately adopted was still very TTRPG-esque, with turn-based combat, distance-tracked movement, and action economy. Now, things have come full circle. These extremely successful video games are being adapted into their very own tabletop RPG....