March 2023 is Going To Be a Huge Month for Sports Games

Although they are niche, sports games manage to top sales charts yearly. Often,sports gamesare criticized for following the same formula of annual releases that don’t offer much improvement. However, in March, gamers can expect a few titles that appear to have the potential to shake up the sports gaming world. Several franchises are getting new releases, includingMLB: The Show,WWE 2K, andPGA Tour. Thanks to the wide variety, sports fans will be satisfied regardless of which sports they’re into....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 570 words · Julia Owens

Metal Gear Solid 2 Snake Figma Action Figure Revealed

Summary A new Figma figure of Snake fromMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Libertyhas been revealed. This figure comes from GoodSmile Company, a company specializing in manufacturing toys and figures from popular games and anime. It has produced a number ofMetal Gear Solid2: Sons of Libertyfigures in the past, including a figure of the game’s protagonist, Raiden. Metal Gear Solidhas seen renewed interest lately thanks to the upcoming remake ofSnake Eater....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Christopher Woodard

Metal Gear Solid't Seen

Summary The storytelling aspects of theMetal Gear Solidseries are often told in two ways: long pieces of compelling dialogue between the protagonist and other characters, and its cinematic cutscenes. Series creator Hideo Kojima, being a huge fan of movies, always ensured that each entry had their fair share of memorable scenes. RELATED: Metal Gear: Best Fourth Wall Breaks With that being said, Kojima is also a stickler for small details. In fact, his attention to detail goes so far that there are even secret or alternate cutscenes that play out a bit differently than what fans usually expect....

July 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1309 words · Jeremy Davis

Most Lawful Evil Mass Effect Characters

TheMass Effectseries is packed full of clever and intriguing villains who will often manipulate specific systems and individuals to their will in order to help them carry out their underlying mission. These characters can be considered “Lawful Evil”, since while they do technically work within a set of rules or laws, their motives for doing so tend to be very sinister and dangerous to the wider universe. This makes it very hard for them to be apprehended, since they don’t seem to be acting too out of the ordinary, but as the games progress, it becomes very clear that there’s much more to these villains than initially meets the eye....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1192 words · Victor Cortez

Navigating Ghibli Fest 2022: What's Playing and When?

Even among non-anime fans,Studio Ghibli holds a special place in people’s heartsas one of the producer of some of the most eclectic and fantastical animated movies from their youth. Growing up, people who say they love Ghibli more often than not have some films even they haven’t seen yet from the catalog, making events like Ghibli fest pretty special. Ghibli Fest was started in 2017 as a partnership between GKIDS and Fathom Events to bring Ghibli films to theaters every year....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 899 words · Christopher Parker

Netflix Is Reviving Bright With Anime Spinoff Samurai Soul

Netflixhas just released the first sneak peek of their new anime filmBright: Samurai Soul.Fans are still patiently waiting for Netflix to also dropBright 2,as three years have passed since the very firstBrightinstallment.Bright’s huge success combined with Netflix simultaneously expanding and exploring anime has led to an ultimate unison. The fact that Netflix is taking on such a narrative with two very different genres colliding is unprecedented and has not been replicated much before....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Bonnie Sullivan

New Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mini-Game May Hint at Ogerpon's Typing

Summary Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare currently getting multiple updates in the form of new Tera Raid battles against powerful critters from past generations, and while that can be limiting players to a certain gameplay loop for the time being, in just a month The Teal Mask DLC will come out. It’s yet unclear what exactly it will entail in terms of endgame grinds, but the recent Pokemon Presents did shed some light on the expansion’s characters, locations, new critters, and some of its activities....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 649 words · Rebecca Burke

New Sea of Thieves Update Will Let Players Bury Their Treasure

There’s nothing more important to a pirate than digging up treasure, and that’s exactly what players have been doing inSea of Thievessince Rare’s pirate game launched in 2018. Players collect treasure maps or other tasks, set out to sea, hunt buried treasure, and then dig it up to bring back to Trading Companies for gold. It seems Rare’s ready to flip the script onSea of Thievesplayers, however. A new teaser for an upcomingSea of Thievesupdate hints that soon players will be burying treasure instead of digging it up....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Devin Barber

New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #276 Jul 15, 2025

Connectionsis a daily word game from puzzle giant, the New York Times Games. If you want to play today and win, but find yourself feeling a little stuck, a few hints could help pave the path to solving thisPC puzzle game. This article is filled with clues like general hints to the whole puzzle, a selection of hints to each of the categories, category spoilers, and even the entire answer if you need it....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 593 words · Peter Payne

New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #356 July 21, 2025

Connectionshas yet another collection of sixteen challenging words that somehow need to be sorted into four mystery categories. And you only have four mistakes before you lose this difficult game from the New York Times Games. If you are struggling, you aren’t alone. You’ll need a lot more than just knowing therules ofConnections; you’ll need to know a little bit about all the categories with even knowing what those categories are....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 556 words · Tanya Payne

Nintendo Shouldn't Drop Classic Zelda in Favor of Breath of the Wild-Style Games

The Legend of Zeldahas soared to unimaginable heights since the release ofBreath of the Wildsix years ago. The epic adventure game has become one of the most notableLegend of Zeldareleases sinceOcarina of Time, and its upcoming sequelTears of the Kingdomis among the most highly anticipated titles of the last few years. It seems there’s nothing the franchise can do wrong right now, and Nintendo shows no signs of abandoningBreath of the Wild’s style....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 573 words · Linda Brown

North Carolina Man Commits Theft Armed with Painted Duck Hunt Gun

ADuck Huntfan committed theft while armed with a black-painted NES Zapper. With real guns in existence that have beenmodeled after this peripheral, this seems like one of the next logical steps. Since its debut in 1984, Nintendo’sDuck Huntpopularized the light gun video game genre and became an NES gem, being packed in with numerous other NES games includingSuper Mario Bros.and being rereleased onto the Wii U’s Virtual Console thirty years later....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Richard Fernandez

One Piece: Is Saturn The Weakest Of The Five Elders?

Summary Even though his formal introduction inOne Pieceoccurred relatively recently, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn has quickly become the greatest threat the Straw Hat Pirates have faced so far. With his mysterious regeneration powers, ability to immobilize or kill bystanders on sight, and theMythical Zoan-esque Devil Fruit transformationhe can activate, series creator Eiichiro Oda has set him up to be a truly formidable antagonist for the Egghead Arc. That being said, Saturn’s power may only be a taste of what lies ahead for Luffy and his crew, given that the story is now in its Final Saga, and the strongest pirates inOne Pieceare now allstarting to close in on Laugh Tale....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 895 words · Maria Reynolds