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There's a case to be made that the Bronze Age collapse has the coolest name of any historical period. Sure, the Dark Ages might be moody and mysterious, while the Renaissance has flair on its side. But the Bronze Age collapse is pure drama. If your era of existence has the word "collapse" in it, you know shit went down. This ends my lecture on ancient Mediterranean history.Anyway, when I...
One of the great magic tricks of art — or perhaps just of the human brain — is the ability to transmute something hyper-specific and personal into something universal. Despelote is an autobiographical, semi-documentary game about being a kid in Ecuador during the country’s first successful qualifying run for the 2002 World Cup. It’s also just a game about the totality of being a kid: the play, the boredom, the...
This weekend is a major one for new movies, with the release of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch remake in theaters. But even if you carved out two days for two major blockbusters, good news: Monday is Memorial Day. So why not spend your three-day weekend sneaking in one more movie? Per usual, a handful of worthwhile titles are leaving Netflix on June...
Whether you need a little or a lot of Wordle help this weekend, we've got exactly what you need ready to go. Keep it simple with a quick glance at our general tips, go a little deeper with a clue written especially for today's game, or run straight for the May 24 (1435) answer. We just want to make sure you win.Every guess after the first row felt like a...
It’s you versus 14 other players in Blade Ball, the most exciting original experience on Roblox. I found myself facing off against foes of different skill levels, all with the same goal: defend and destroy. A simple premise overall that turns far more interesting as matches go on, Blade Ball is easy to learn but I don't feel like I'm close to mastering it yet.Thankfully, Blade Ball also has plenty...
Mascot Horror games are massive on Roblox, but few do it better than Dandy’s World.Rather than just relying on jump scares like Five Nights at Freddy’s might, you’ll be thrust directly into a terrifying world where working with your friends and other players can make or break your run. Work with your team to make it as far as you can into the Gardenview Center, all while avoiding the terrifying...
Long ago, the pioneers of digital shooting pitted two teams against each other in a contest to earn the most frags. Thus, the perfect game mode was born.When an FPS features team deathmatch at or near the top of its playlists, that's the crucial clue that you're playing a good videogame. The mode's popularity has waned in our current era of battle royale and extraction, so it's nice that some...
Jeremiah Leif Johnson, a writer and editor for a number of gaming and tech websites including IGN, Vice Motherboard, Macworld, and PC Gamer, died suddenly of a cardiovascular event last Saturday, May 17. He would have been 46 in June.Leif started writing about games professionally in his 30s, at which point he had already lived at least two different, fascinating lives. In his youth in Texas he worked on a...
10 years after buying White Wolf from CCP Games, and seven years after eliminating it as a "separate entity," Paradox Interactive is bringing it back as "the official licensing and publishing entity for all its transmedia properties, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and Hunter: The Reckoning."White Wolf will also serve as co-publisher of the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, which is set to launch in October."I’m...
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Blizzard Entertainment rolled out its hero ban feature for Overwatch 2 in April, and if you’ve been playing any competitive games during season 16, you’ve probably noticed that certain heroes (e.g., Sombra, Zarya, Symmetra, Ana, Mercy) are among the most consistently banned characters. Newly published data from Blizzard shows that to be the case, with some qualifications, and it seems the frequency of banning those heroes will ultimately have some consequences....