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In an industry where even great creators often remain anonymous, game designer, producer, and director Shigeru Miyamoto has rightfully achieved superstar status. As the creative mind behind such revolutionary franchises as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong, Miyamoto has helped turn Nintendo into a company synonymous with the very idea of video games. His early titles are the reason that many of us started playing video games, and many of them remain undisputed classics to this day....

The newest Switch update, 10.0.0, brought a ton of great features to the console, including the ability to transfer downloaded content back and forth between the system memory and a removable SD card. More importantly, though, Nintendo has given players the ability to change the button layout of Joy-Cons and Pro Controllers. This is an incredible feature for players that may have trouble using the controllers as intended, and will undoubtedly open the doors for many people to play games they otherwise would have never been able to....

Before Taskmaster series 10, none of us had seen Richard Herring feed half a watermelon to a slathering Daisy May Cooper, and frankly, we were the worse off for it. Neither had we witnessed The IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson philosophically asking “Am I the spider?”, known how rigorously Johnny Vegas would apply himself to the task of putting the heaviest thing through a Christmas tree-bagger, or enjoyed Mawaan Rizwan thinking that if he filled an egg with helium, it would float like a happy little bee....

Fancy a trip down nostalgia lane? A lot of years has passed in the tech world and gadgets have come a long way over the last few decades. Now we’re all worrying about our smartphones spying on us and how much the latest smart device is going to cost us. But in the old days, we had very different tech problems. We’re rounding up some of the very best tech problems 90s and 00s kids with remember all too well....

The course of a game year can see FIFA 21 players cycling through formations weekly as fans try to combat the never-ending release of patches by EA Sports. The game is regularly updated, with small adjustments to the meta arriving alongside new promotions and content releases. It can be a real hindrance for players competing on FIFA Ultimate Team. Found a new tactic that’s working perfectly? Great. Enjoy it while it lasts....

The game that changed console shooters forever. The X-Factor Xbox needed, and arguably the greatest shooter franchise of all time. Halo has long been a staple in the gaming community. From the incredible campaigns to the fantastic Xbox Live matches and ranking system to the legendary Halo MLG events, Halo proved it was here to stay. Being a constant factor through each Xbox Generation has led to many different Halo maps, and like everything else in the world, preferences were made by gamers worldwide....

There are sixteen total Summon Materia to find in Final Fantasy VII. Six of those are pretty useless, which is why this is just a top ten list. Compared to other games, it’s kind of strange that Summons play no part in the story. Most games in the franchise have them play bigger roles, but not Final Fantasy VII. Why that’s the case is unimportant, but here is a theory....

Any long-time and seasoned gamer in the world will be able to tell casual gamers that there are three core console game fandoms that you either love or hate, and that’s Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation. Of these three, Xbox has the most unique collection of mature and family-friendly characters and heroes you can imagine. These heroes and characters are the driving force behind the company’s success and has led to some of the biggest franchises being spawned by the gaming giant....

Sega put out the Dreamcast at a time that was pivotal for the company, as they had essentially lost the battle against Nintendo for top dog in the world of video games. Sadly, this console didn’t blow up in the way that they were hoping it would, and they eventually had to give up on the dream of winning the home console wars. Due to its short life as a console and the fact that it eventually failed, most of the games on the console weren’t too good…...

Fortnite: Battle Royale has caught on like wildfire and a lot of players have weapons that they swear by and will defend to no end because it fits their playstyle. Whether it is some obscure projectile or a unique way of using a utility item, some of these items can be a legitimate threat against the enemies if used at the right time. However, if one were to look at the actual weight of these items in terms of statistics and in-field testing, they would find that a lot of these should not really be used as much as they are....

The upcoming 4.0.0 update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be adding new content to the game in the form of a Dragon Quest character, but new modes and options will also be added. Masahiro Sakurai held a livestream to promote the impending release of Hero, who is going to be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as part of the 4.0.0 update. Hero is being added to the game today (or tomorrow in certain regions, such as the UK), which means that the new content will be dropping soon....

Nintendo is a company that has always put their best into the handheld console. Sony has never been able to catch up to them. One of the greatest handheld consoles of all time is the Game Boy Advance. Below are the greatest of all Game Boy Advance games, the ones that everyone should’ve played through at least once in their lifetime. People may have the Switch now, but it’s time to take a look at how Nintendo got to where they are today!...

In a surprise turn of events, recent news had broken that production on The Batman had been completely shut down following a confirmed Coronavirus case on set. Speculation ran wild for a few hours before rumors began trickling in that the confirmed case was none other than Robert Pattinson himself, which was confirmed to be true shortly after. Just recently however, the Daily Mail has suggested that production is resuming without Pattinson for the time being....

Since The Batman got its first trailer released during DC FanDome, back in August 22nd, fans have had to settle for small leaks pointing to the possible course Matt Reeves might take with Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne. However, thanks to a very hard working and talented YouTuber, everyone can now watch the full trailer in very high quality LEGO style. It’s no secret that Batman and LEGO are pretty tight, with a whole bunch of games featuring the superhero, of course, 2017’s The Lego Batman Movie, which is already booked for a sequel....

New photos from the set of Warner Bros. and DC’s The Batman provide the latest glimpse at Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. The collection of photos also feature Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobbleplot/Penguin, and John Turturro as Carmine Falcone. The Batman was in the midst of production when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Warner Bros. to suspend filming indefinitely in March, a decision that would lead to the studio pushing back the blockbuster’s June 2021 release date to October of the same year....

Ethan Winters is a ham sandwich of a man. He’s the sort of guy who shows up to a university party with an acoustic guitar hoping to enamour guests with a mediocre rendition of Wonderwall. The Diet Coke of video game protagonists, possessing just enough of a good-natured personality to carry us through the unfolding narrative. Winters is purposefully inoffensive and bland, which I honestly think is his best quality. He’s nondescript enough to act as an empty vessel for players, allowing all the attention to focus on what really matters - the villains....

The following contains spoilers for The Boys season 2. When comedic actor extraordinaire Patton Oswalt was announced as joining the cast of The Boys season 2, one couldn’t help but imagine what kind of character he would be playing. Would he be an ally of The Boys? An ally of The Seven? A victim of the Boys and Seven’s ongoing underground war? Well The Boys season 2 episode 2 “Proper Preparation and Planning” reveals that the answer is none of the above....

Ubisoft officially confirms the previously leaked open beta for The Division, which will begin February 18th for Xbox One owners, and February 19th for everyone else. Outside of some hacking problems in the PC version, the beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division mostly went off without a hitch. Perhaps in an effort to ensure that the launch of the game proper is just as successful, Ubisoft has officially announced a second beta for the game, but this time it will be completely open for anyone to download and play....

This The Expanse review contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 5 Episode 9 The stories in The Expanse season 5 have run deep, pulling characters’ emotions and backstories forward, but has this plumbing of the depths been at the expense of driving action? As a full picture of the season begins to form, the high points are moments that reinforce the personalities, both strengths and flaws, of the characters involved. Even though “Winnipesaukee” contained a frantic firefight, for example, the emphasis was on the moral decisions that led up to it....

The PlayStation, lovingly remembered as the PS1, launched on December 3rd, 1994. It was a fifth-generation home console, competing with the N64 and Sega Saturn, and it stole all of our hearts. The console saw almost 8,000 games over its 11-year lifespan. It was the first console to sell over 100 million units, an astonishing feat. It’s hard to imagine a world before PlayStation, but one did exist, only it was much darker and colder and less fun....