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Okay, But What If Severance Ended Here?
The most surprising thing for me about the end of Severance’s second season was how few questions I still had when it was all over. Apple TV’s dystopian workplace thriller is a mystery box show, and yeah, there are still plenty of unsolved puzzles on the Lumon severed floor, but when the credits started rolling,…
One Piece: 8 Characters Who Must Get More Screen Time In The Final Saga
Every moment counts for One Piece as it reaches its final saga, which means that just as pacing is important, so is the character development. There are some compelling characters in the series who stand in the background, and their potential is barely explored. Related One Piece: 10 Most Heartbreaking Deaths In The Series From…
10 Times Assassin’s Creed Changed History – IGN
Ubisoft has activated the Animus once more, this time to take us back to Japan’s Sengoku Period. Assassin’s Creed Shadows features a number of historical figures from 1579, including Fujibayashi Nagato, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Yasuke – the African samurai who served Oda Nobunaga. As with the previous games in the series, these figures are woven…
Two Point Museum Review – A Pristine Exhibit
After putting you in charge of healthcare (terrible idea) and then the education of the next generation (they never stood a chance), the latest and biggest entry in the Two Point series is giving you a job where you can do less damage to your fellow humans: running museums, where the only threat to life…
The Best Switch Visual Novels and Adventure Games in 2024 – From Fata Morgana and VA-11 Hall-A to Famicom Detective Club and Gnosia – TouchArcade
After tackling the best party games on Switch in 2024, the recent release of Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club being as amazing as it is pushed me to write about what I consider the best visual novels and adventure games on Switch to play right now. I’ve included both because some games…
Hopetown’s devs accept that Disco Elysium’s shadow looms over them, but say the “seed of an idea” for a spiritual successor has evolved into “something different”
If you’ve been following the news saga of Disco Elysium and its spiritual successors, there’s a chance you’ve seen a specific image of Hopetown, the would-be Disco successor from Longdue Games. It’s what looks to be a screenshot showing the main character engaging in pretty Disco Elysium-looking conversation with an old lady surrounded by pigeons,…
Discord Is Trying To Burrow Deeper Into The Fabric Of Gaming
Games have never been more social but the tools for connecting with friends and fellow fans across the gaming realm are still surprisingly fractured. Discord hopes to fix that with a new Social SDK it’s making available to developers to allow them to integrate the platform’s tools and perks directly into their games. It’s the…
The Last Of Us Part III Should Break The Cycle Of Violence
In a recent interview promoting the second season of The Last of Us, the hit HBO drama inspired by the games of the same name, series co-creator Neil Druckmann had a surprising answer when asked if we should expect a third game to come along and continue the story. “I guess the only thing I…
New Avowed Update Will Make Your Character More Powerful
A new update is now live for Avowed, Obsidian’s recently released and very good open-world RPG. The patch is live on Xbox and PC and it fixes a lot of tiny bugs and other issues. But the biggest news is that all players will now be a bit more powerful thanks to some extra upgrade…
Persona 5 Royal: Star Confidant Guide – Hifumi Togo
Playing shogi with a professional regularly certainly helps you to think more strategically. Ranking up Hifumi’s confidant in Persona 5 Royal does exactly that for Joker. Despite Hifumi not having a persona of her own, ranking up her confidant unlocks more strategic game mechanics for Joker while exploring the metaverse, such as the ability to…