Several characters from the franchise Magic: The Gathering will soon be in the multiplayer online battle arena Smite, most notably Chandra Nalar and Jace Beleren. These will be joined by the popular characters Ajani Goldmane, Liliana Vess, and Garruk Wildspeaker. “The Gods have faced many threats across the Battleground, but nothing can prepare them to […]

While the release for Forspoken is still over a week away, the game’s official demo is available to give you a taste of all the fantasy land of Athia has to offer. As with other demos, Forspoken’s simply whets your appetite and gives you a feel for what to expect upon the game’s full release. […]

It's been 2023 for two weeks, but the amount that has already happened, and how long ago those holidays already feel, might fool you into thinking the new year is actually much older. A reminder that the year is still two weeks old is the fact HBO's The Last Of Us still isn't here yet. […]

Pokemon Sun & Moon's Ultra Beasts exist in a strange purgatory. They're not Legendaries or Mythicals, but they're definitely not your average Pokemon. To make things even stranger, the canon says they're not Legendaries, but previous game code does. This led many to consider them "Sub Legendaries", a middle-ground classification that seemed to fit them […]

I don't know why people always mention the common trope that board games leave people bored. First of all, that's a lazy pun. Second, board games build stronger bonds, foster more communication, and drum up more laughs than most video games could. Why? Because board games are a social activity. And I adore them for […]

There's a tree at the bottom of my street. I don't water it, nobody ever waters it. I don't give it nutrients, or trim the branches, or do anything to it. Nobody ever does. Nobody in the street does, not even anybody hired by the city council ever comes. Still, it grows. Nobody ever does […]

Elden Ring is hard, full of tough challenges and even tougher boss fights, but not every boss is at the same level as Malenia or the Elden Beast. Some are just repurposed regular enemies that have been given a little extra health, while others are unique but maybe lacking in brute strength. Reddit user DiaMat2040 […]

Google is making good on its rumoured pledge to salvage the Stadia controller, making it compatible with other platforms starting next week. This will coincide with the closure of Google Stadia, which will go offline for good on January 18. The Stadia controller will be useable on other devices via the release of a tool […]

I recently played back through Pokemon Blue, writing about my experiences each week as I tried to envision the world through a tourist's eyes. You can read about the whole journey here, but the point of it all was to understand why Pokemon Blue, and the world of Kanto, was so special to me. There […]

The Witcher 3 is full of curses, and Geralt of Rivia faces a wide range of foes, from greedy gangsters to mythical creatures with terrifying, and deadly, designs. 20 hours into my playthrough, however, I realised that his most fearsome foe is no beast or baron, but a being capable of wreaking terrible curses upon […]