Summary Marvelhas spent the last 16 years bringing some of its most iconic comic book characters to life, introducing them to millions more people than ever knew of them in the comics through theMCU’s movies and TV shows. Odds are you’d not heard much, if anything, about characters like Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, and Drax before the MCU. Particularly Drax and the rest of theGuardians of the Galaxywho shot to stardom thanks to their first movie....

Quick Links Among the more significant changes from the original game inShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, there’s now a nifty place where you can bond with your demons and get free stuff while you’re at it. This location is called theDemon Haunt, and it’s a fine little shake-up from the game’s ordinary routine. But what are Demon Haunts? How do they work, why should you care, and what do you get out of it?...

GameStop’s future is perpetually uncertain. I didn’t expect the once-ubiquitous video game retailer to survive the pandemic, seemingly dragged along by meme stock speculation and a rotating door of CEOs withever-increasingly bad ideas. These days, the game plan for maintaining cultural relevance revolves around making the most ill-advised, hair-brained, headline-grabbing business decisions possible. Exhibit A: a gambit to break into the graded collectible market, starting with Pokemon cards. Pokebeach first picked up on this story,which originated in an internal message on GameStop’s subreddit....

Quick Links Though crowdfunding and controversy may have been what defined the game,Kingdom Come: Deliveranceaimed to be a historical recreation of the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia, vassal state of the Holy Roman Empire. In that regard, at least, it is mostly a success. The Holy Roman Empire lasted a pretty long time, though, almost 1,000 years, and the medieval period has quite a lot of technological diversity across its existence. Thankfully, that same dedication to historical accuracy makes it fairly easy to pinpoint exactly when Kingdom Come: Deliverance takes place....

As you encounter powerful foes and political intrigue inDragon’s Dogma 2, you’ll need to learn new techniques to keep pace. The vocation maisters can teach you their best skills, but you’ll have to earn their approval first. It takes a bit of time and preparation, but thankfully, we’ve done most of the work for you already. Finding each maister is half the battle, and the rest includes completing a quest or two to help them gauge your abilities and worthiness....

Quick Links Whenever you want to acquire a new character inGenshin Impact, you also have to dedicate some time to farming for various materials to upgrade them. There are character upgrade materials scattered all around Teyvat, but the materials required for a certain character are usually from the region they belong. Sethos is a four-star Bow characterusing the Electro visionin the game. His first appearance was during Cyno’s story quest released in the Version 4....

Quick Links With the launch ofFinal Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail expansion,two new job roles have been added to the game, Viper and Pictomancer. If you want to get those creative juices flowing and unleash your inner painter, the Ranged Magical DPS Pictomancer role is for you. Plus, it has a cute outfit. Double win. If you’re getting ready to set sail for Tural and you want to unlock Pictomancer ASAP, fortunately for you, you can unlock in one of the base areas and don’t have to wait until you actually arrive on those distant shores....

Summary Star Warsis a franchise that unites generations. Many have grown up in awe of the Jedis that have taken over their screens. The arguments over which Star Wars movie is the best are never ending. Some prefer the nostalgia of the originals, others fight for the star-filled prequel cast, and a few fell in love with the graphics of the new generation of movies. Pokemonand Star Wars have grown side by side over the years....

Quick Links The Final Fantasy games have always been fluid in terms of lore and universe, withFinal Fantasy 7andFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthbeing no different. At times, it feels like a dystopian cyberpunk game, and other times it’s like a traditional fantasy RPG (as if the title didn’t give it away). As you play, you come to realize that a widely accepted truth in its universe is the existence and presence of aliens as well as a spiritual world....

Quick Links House Harkonnen is one of the great houses in theDuneuniverse. It is a part of the Lansraad and, as shown in the first book of the series and in the two first movies, has a deadly rivalry with House Atreides, their centuries-long nemesis. The Harkonnens ascended to a great house later than most, under the leadership of Baron Dimitri Harkonnen, which eventually led to the circumstances under which the main Dune series begins....

Quick Links Witch-Queen, demonologist, archfey, mother to a few half-demons, and daughter of a hag. All these descriptors comprise Tasha, one of the most powerful beings inDungeons & Dragons. Considered to be one of the premier casters in the multiverse, Tasha is single-handedly responsible for some of D&D’s most iconic spells and items, with Wizards of the Coast paying homage to the notorious witch by titling a sourcebook after her in November 2020....

Difficulty levels in most games are pretty uninspiring. There are usually three to five options ranging from easy or very easy to hard or very hard. Some games mix up the names to relate them more to the subject matter. For instance, Doom uses terms like Ultra-Violence and Nightmare, which fit with the hardcore and action-packed nature of the game. However, even when developers switch up the names of their difficulty settings, it doesn’t necessarily make their levels unique....

Quick Links So you’re a fearless Helldiver, eh? Stomping around hostile planets inHelldivers 2, bringing a little managed democracy to the locals. But sometimes, just bullets and bravado aren’t enough. That’s where grenades come in. These explosive tools are your key to crowd control, stopping enemy spawns in their tracks, and turning the tide of battle in an instant. But with a variety of grenades at your disposal, choosing the right one for the situation can be the difference between glorious victory and a messy demise....