WWE 2K23 features quite a few improvements to the franchise formula that will certainly be welcomed by wrestling game fans everywhere. Of course, some things never change, which means that WWE 2K23 still makes you unlock quite a few wrestlers via gameplay accomplishments and by spending both real and virtual currency. The very good news
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This post contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard. From episode one of Star Trek: Picard‘s third season, Captain Liam Shaw has reveled in playing the spoilsport. The series’ third season has been a reunion of sorts, bringing Jean-Luc Picard back into the orbit of his former crewmates, including Will Riker, Beverly Crusher, and Worf. But
This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us HBO show and The Last of Us Part 1 game. The Last of Us first season is finally over. While many predicted that the show had the potential to be the finest live-action adaptation of a video game ever, it really was remarkable to see all
This article contains light spoilers for the novel Fire & Blood and will likely therefore reveal some plot details about House of the Dragon season 2. While fans may have to wait awhile for House of the Dragon season 2, that doesn’t mean the downtime has to be boring. There are bound to be some
This Last of Us review contains spoilers. The Last of Us Episode 9 “Look For the Light” is the culmination of what has been, unequivocally, the best video game adaptation ever made. Dramatically and thematically, the episode is a powerhouse, with moments so soul-crushing they cast a sinister shadow on every episode that came before.
The world isn’t ending. Probably. Yet somehow in the realm of blockbuster cinema and high fantasy, it’s always seven seconds to midnight. Maybe that’s why the prospect of Armageddon has become so tedious at the multiplex? It may also be a factor in why Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, John Francis Daley and Jonathan
On Nov. 17, 1978, Princess Leia sang these lyrics to the melody of John Williams’ Star Wars theme: “We celebrate a day of peace/A day of harmony/A day of joy we can all share/Together joyously.” It’s a rough moment in Star Wars history, and certainly, even the children of 1978 were uneasy about putting words
Jon S. Baird has just closed Twitter. The trailer for Tetris was released an hour ago, and the director’s been watching the online reaction closely ever since. There’s one joke that everyone seems to be making—where are the talking tetriminos? “It’s absolutely not that at all,” the Scottish filmmaker tells Den of Geek with a
Television is a relatively new indulgence for South by Southwest. What started as a music conference and market for the exchange of pop cultural ideas in 1986 quickly grew into a full-blown film festival by 1994. It wasn’t until 2014, however, that TV fully got its due with the addition of “Episodic” programming to the
“Happiness is a Warm Gun” isn’t the only connection between The Beatles and Peanuts. Both groups exemplified the optimism of the 1960s era. Charles M. Schulz’s Charlie Brown was so assured of positive outcomes he repeatedly tried to kick a field-goal-placed football held by the town’s resident five-cents-a-session psychiatrist, Lucy, in spite of the knowledge
The ‘80s were an incredibly innovative and fast-paced time for video games. Arcades were king, with iconic classics like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Dragon’s Lair being released every few months. Atari’s poor business decisions briefly crashed the home console market until Nintendo resurrected it with the NES, starting a new boom that never really slowed
Picking up where Series 5 of the TV show left off, Luther: The Fallen Sun sees Idris Elba’s brilliant but disgraced copper breaking out of the slammer to hunt down serial killer David Robey (Andy Serkis). A twisted tech genius with dodgy hair and an even dodgier fashion sense, Robey is luring his victims by
Tech Panel Schedule With everything from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, SXSW has become the place to explore the newest of what the tech industry has to offer. Whether dealing with the future of technology in daily life, the latest in space exploration, or new ways of entertaining the masses, these technology panels will offer
This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us has captivated viewers for weeks, with both fans of the game and newcomers to the story eager to see what happens next in Joel and Ellie’s journey to find the Fireflies. Episode 8, “When We Are in Need,” had
This article is presented by Paramount Pictures. The first step of any Dungeons & Dragons campaign is to pick your character class. The character class decides your aptitudes and your play style and is often a big clue as to what you want to get out of the game. “I’m usually a paladin,” says John
Luther’s back. Being banged up at the end of Series 5 didn’t stop that growly genius from taking on a new case and a new villain in Bond-inspired Netflix movie The Fallen Sun. And, since most of his former colleagues were spectacularly killed in the line of duty, the man’s being joined by a fresh
The Super Mario franchise is not considered to be that difficult in the grand scheme of gaming. After all, Mario is Nintendo’s mascot, and you don’t want your mascot scaring away gamers who can’t beat most of the levels. However, if you think that all Super Mario games are easy…well, you just haven’t played enough
This Star Trek: Picard article contains spoilers. Star Trek: Picard is covering a lot of ground in its final season. Not only is the show a proper sendoff to The Next Generation crew but a continuation of conflicts from Deep Space Nine and even a postscript to the movie First Contact. There’s a lot going
If you love survival horror games, odds are you love Resident Evil. The series essentially wrote the book on survival horror mechanics, from tank controls to limited ammo. Even when Resident Evil went third-person with Resident Evil 4, the game did such a good job that it became the blueprint many studios copy to this
Things are looking more exciting for Doctor Who than they have in a very long time. Yes, we’ve got David Tennant and Catherine Tate back for the specials, but that’s already old news. What we’re excited about is what happens next. Russell T Davies at the helm of the show he brought back from the
Like pretty much every other aspect of life, trends often come and go in gaming. Many ideas only become trends because they achieve a level of popularity that quickly elevates them to the status of “the standard.” Over time, though, it’s natural for people to become tired of those trends to the point that they’re
This Star Wars article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian. The first chapter of the George Lucas‘ Original Trilogy would have turned out very differently had it not been for a bad motivator. Although R2-D2 is on a very important mission to get Princess Leia’s message to Obi-Wan Kenobi, A New Hope almost throws a wrench
We live in the age of “publish it now, fix it later” game development. Way too many video games are rushed out the door to meet deadlines, usually at the cost of a title’s performance. This unfortunate practice results in more and more games being released with more and more bugs. Now, PlayStation is insinuating
Anybody introduced to the comedy force of nature that is Rhys Darby by Our Flag Means Death, pull up a chair, because there’s a hell of a lot to catch up on. While Darby’s wholesome, eccentric portrayal of Captain Stede Bonnet in HBO’s pirate comedy (affectionately dubbed ‘the gay pirate show’ by fans) may have
“Holy God! Whattya showing me here?” When Colin Farrell‘s Oz Cobblepot asked that question of Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader and Jeffery Combs’s Lieutenant Gordon in The Batman, he was reacting to a set of grisly pictures. The first set photos from The Batman spin-off The Penguin may not be nearly as disgusting, but they’re sure
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty quickly shot up my (admittedly still very short) list of the best games of 2023. It’s a fantastic action experience that lives up to the Soulslike standards Team Ninja previously set for Nioh despite being quite different from Nioh in a lot of ways. Not all of the game’s differences work
This article contains spoilers for Quantum Leap episode 14. When Quantum Leap cast Brandon Routh to play Caitlin Bassett’s father, XO Alexander Augustine, in episode 14 “S.O.S.,” the show selected a dead ringer for Captain Addison Augustine’s dad. Routh looks like an Augustine as well as a distant relative of the late Christopher Reeve, which
Despite being released way back in 2012 (and still suffering from numerous bugs that have yet to be fixed), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remains Steam’s most popular title. However, recent rumors suggest that Global Offensive could soon be usurped by the release of the long-awaited project simply known as Counter-Strike 2. Rumors of a potential Counter-Strike
This article contains spoilers through The Last of Us episode 8. The Last of Us episode 8 is intense as it focuses on Ellie (Bella Ramsey) trying to survive on her own while Joel (Pedro Pascal) recovers from his injury. But it’s not just the cold weather, dwindling food supply, or Joel’s infected wound that
This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 8. HBO’s The Last of Us is shuffling toward its season one finale, and for those who’ve played Naughty Dog’s 2013 game of the same name, you knew exactly what was coming in episode 8. Following a flashback to Ellie’s life pre-Joel in episode 7,