There’s a reason a lot of people say physical and mental health are linked, or exercise helps stave off dark thoughts: it’s because it’s true. There are several ways in which physical exercise can help with complex mental health issues like anxiety and depression. However, the surprising news is that …
Read More »Elden Ring is already the most approachable game FromSoftware has ever made*
In case I wasn’t clear in my Elden Ring hands-on preview: this is one FromSoftware-ass game, y’all. If the test build I played was leaked before Elden Ring was announced, I probably would’ve assumed it was Dark Souls 4. It looks and plays very like a Dark Souls game, and …
Read More »How Marvel Studios solved its Eternals immortality problem
Well, we were sort of right… As we detailed a few months back, Marvel Studios had something of an issue on its hands – it had a young actor who was 14 years old (and looked much younger) when she portrayed a near-immortal being who never aged, which presented something …
Read More »New Apex Legends: Season 11 legend Ash is OP as hell, but that wont last long
Apex Legends Season 11 Escape just kicked off, but it’s already clear that there’s a nerf on the horizon. The newest Legend, Apex Legends Ash, has an incredibly powerful kit that has players already calling for developer Respawn to take another look at the character, barely 24 hours after she …
Read More »Tales of Arise sold me on the PS5 in a way no other game has
Sony sold me on the PS5 as soon as it revealed that high-speed SSD, but the impact of the new console didn’t really hit me until recently, when I picked up Tales of Arise. And to be clear, I’ve played most of the big PS5 showcases – Ratchet and Clank: …
Read More »Warzone Season 6 proves its time to bin Verdansk
Warzone Season 6 is the last time we’ll see Verdansk – and I won’t miss it. The Warzone map will be replaced by a Call of Duty Vanguard-themed map on November 5, and many will agree that the change is long overdue. While Warzone Season 6 manages to shake up …
Read More »Forget the delays – 2021 has been a great year for games and its only getting better
Perhaps we put too much pressure on the first year of a new generation cycle. And I don’t just mean in 2021, where the incalculable challenges developers have encountered from the outset of the coronavirus pandemic have manifested publicly in the form of numerous delays, but historically. I count this …
Read More »Why Ive played Genshin Impact every day for a year and will recommend it to anyone wholl listen
Does your circle of friends have a salesperson? You know, someone who recommends their favorite thing with such fervor and regularity that they could practically qualify for a commission? There’s a guy like that in my friend group who buys everything he can on Amazon (I didn’t even know you …
Read More »Fortnite App Store ban will hurt players more than Apple and Epic
Fortnite could be banned from Apple’s App Store for up to 5 years, a letter published by Epic CEO Tim Sweeney revealed last night. While this news isn’t particularly shocking – the Epic vs Apple lawsuit might have come to a conclusion earlier this month, but Epic is appealing the …
Read More »Solar Ash lives up to its “dumb elevator pitch” of Super Mario Galaxy meets Shadow of the Colossus
If I can be selfish for a minute, Solar Ash is exactly what I wanted Heart Machine, creators of the lovely Hyper Light Drifter, to make next. And not just because I’m gravitationally drawn to innovative movement systems like the cloud skating of Solar Ash’s main character Rei. Solar Ash …
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