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In a medieval fantasy setting like The Elder Scrolls series, looking the part is important. Helms play a large role in this endeavor. For warriors, in particular, choosing the right one can mean the difference between life and death. Not any old piece of rusty headgear found in a trash heap will do. Luckily, there exists across Tamriel a plethora of magical helms that possess legendary backstories. Some are infused with the power of a Daedric Prince while others are holy relics of great import....

This review contains spoilers for The Expanse. The Expanse Season 6 Episode 3 Like last week, the latest episode of The Expanse benefited from an exciting battle in space, but unlike the previous installment, which had plenty of emotional punch, “Force Projection” seemed unable to focus intently enough on any one subplot to keep viewer interest. Aside from some welcome cameos from Amos’ past buddies, Pastor Anna (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Prax (Terry Chen), this episode was mostly notable for reinforcing our image of Marco Inaros as an incompetent asshat....

This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers for episode 4, and potentially future episodes and the wider MCU. That sure was a grisly ending to an otherwise slow boil of an episode, wasn’t it? The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 4 is heavy on the philosophizing and mostly light on the action…until the end. And while there aren’t as many in-your-face Marvel Comics and MCU references as we’ve come to expect from these Disney+ shows, the events and the weighty dialogue are all steeped in Marvel history....

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Episode 7 ‘No-Man’s Land’. It’s pretty remarkable that an hour like this one – a mostly stationary, whispery two-hander hinging on emotional catharsis rather than action – is TV now. Time was, television shows had to be accessible to latecomers wandering the schedules. They had to wrap up plot points by the time the credits rolled. They had to be about crack commando units sent to prison for a crime they didn’t commit, or mighty princesses forged in the heat of battle....

Warning: contains season three plot spoilers If The Last Kingdom season three all seems a bit fuzzy in your memory, ahead of the new episodes arriving on Netflix, here’s a recap in brief: After Uhtred’s wife Gisela died in childbirth, he faced a new pair of Danish villains in warrior Bloodhair and his witch/lover Skade, who placed a curse on Uhtred. Until it was lifted, Uhtred refused to pursue a romantic relationship with Alfred’s daughter Aethelflaed, despite their mutual attraction....

This The Magicians review contains spoilers. The Magicians Season 3 Episode 2 After such a stellar premiere for The Magicians season 3, it was painful to see the missteps in the latest episode, “Heroes and Morons.” Although the story moved forward and the quest was still enticing, the execution was haphazard and choppy, dramatically different from the tightly written premiere. The search for Mayakovsky’s battery and the first part of Eliot’s quest on After Island were particularly messy, overshadowing some more interesting elements, such as the lamprey’s pursuit or the always fun pop culture references from Eliot and Margo....

This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 4, Episode 5. Following in the footsteps of Season 3, the first batch of episodes in Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 do two things: The overall story of the season-long arc is explored, but, the episode itself presents a standalone story in the classic Star Trek tradition. Last week, Tilly got her “Galileo Seven” moment, but this week, in “The Examples,” DISCO tackles a classic Trek ethical dilemma....

One of the most controversial steps that Disney took in acquiring Lucasfilm was erasing the Star Wars Expanded Universe from existence. Hundreds of post-Return of the Jedi stories were dismissed as “legends” in one fell swoop as the Mouse House sought to fill in its own canon beyond the fall of the Empire. This bold move was made more egregious by the fact that Disney proceeded to stumble through the creation of that new canon with no forward planning or imagination, and a lot of last-minute decision-making....

The Star Wars universe has existed for long enough and been given enough movie trilogies and shows that they’ve had time to explore a lot of different themes. Most of the time, these stories seem to be focused on vague, grand ideas like legacy or balance (and, of course, the ever-present fight of good vs. evil). Though these themes are interesting in their own ways, they only really scratch the surface of issues that Star Wars as a franchise could explore....

If there’s one thing IPs can always rely on from their fans, it’s their creativity. From elaborate cosplays to an adorable Pokémon phone charger, it seems like nothing is out of the realm of possibility. So, how about using a stairwell to create hauntingly beautiful music from Star Wars? Singer Lauren Paley specializes in recreating music from films and video games. Taking advantage of the wide, echo-y goodness present in the world’s underappreciated stairwells, she makes videos using only her voice and those surprisingly satisfying acoustics....

Though the end of the year typically marks the busiest time for game releases, it also means fans have a number of big sales to look forward from Black Friday to Steam’s annual Winter sale. While it’s rare to see major AAA titles included in most sales so soon after launch, things could be a little different this year. Star Wars Battlefront 2 isn’t even out on store shelves yet, but it appears that EA is already planning on slashing the retail price....

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi may have given George Lucas’ Original Trilogy a fitting end in 1983, but it was also only the beginning of something much bigger. With the Emperor finally defeated and Darth Vader redeemed, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo lived happily ever after on the big screen, but in 1991, Timothy Zahn’s classic Legends novel Heir to the Empire showed us that there were still many, many more battles and wars to fight beyond Endor....

There are a few items in Stardew Valley that are incredibly useful, valuable, or important, but are hard to find. Among them are Prismatic Shards, the Ancient Seeds, and, the focus of this article, Dinosaur Eggs. Once you manage to find a Dino Egg, you can incubate it into a baby Dinosaur that will grow up to lay more. You can also create Dinosaur Mayonnaise from Dino Eggs, which is extremely valuable....

The scene in Starfield‘s E3 2021 trailer in which a character climbs a ladder may not have seemed like much to get excited about, but it’s strangely become one of the preview’s biggest talking points among those who are concerned about the power of the game’s Creation Engine 2 technology and how it will impact its visuals. See, you’re not really able to climb a ladder (or anything else for that matter) in most Bethesda RPGs....

Despite Apex Legends being in the midst of its Season 8 content at the moment, it seems as if the fast-paced battle royale is more popular than ever. In fact, Apex Legends set a new player record on Steam recently, reaching almost 200,000 players on at a single time on that platform alone. However, having more players engaging with the game than ever before can bring a slew of both positive and negative effects, such as more opportunities for glitches and exploits to rise to the surface....

In a move right out of Joseph Gordon Levitt’s playbook, Capcom has decided to ask Street Fighter fans for free labor. Why? To win a contest, of course! Okay, that’s a bit disingenuous. Capcom is outsourcing labor to the fans in order to design new costumes for the game. Lucky fans will see the hours of hard work and creativity it takes to design a character rewarded not with money, like a real artist, but with that costume making its way into the game....

On the survival side of Subnautica: Below Zero’s gameplay, players can thrive in the icy landscape with the right tools. Among those tools is the very fauna of Sector Zero, namely in the form of eggs — here’s a small rundown of Below Zero’s creature eggs and what you can get out of them. How to Use Eggs In order to actually use a creature egg, players will need to place them in an Alien Containment tank....

Super Bowl 2022: Movie trailers Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Nope Jurassic World: Dominion Ambulance The Lost City Sonic the Hedgehog 2 The Adam Project Super Bowl 2022: TV Show trailers The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Moon Knight Super Bowl 2022: What happened? When was the Super Bowl in 2022? What number is this year’s Super Bowl? Where was Super Bowl LVI held? Who played in Super Bowl LVI?...

“Super Mario Bros., but make it a battle royale.” Look, I’ll level with you - this sounds like a Hard Drive headline. Nintendo’s elevator pitch for their latest FTP experiment comes across as an atypically cynical move from the publisher, but it’s an undeniably curious one. How does that work? Do 99 Marios drop into an island, then stalk and murder each other with a diverse menagerie of killing implements? I’d be here for that, honestly....

Super Mario World originally came out all the way back in 1990 on the SNES, yet it’s a game that’s still relevant today. Considering how groundbreaking the game was when it came out, it remains in many people’s top Nintendo games through the ages. Luckily for us, the game remaining popular means that we continue to see helpful and interesting fan projects. Many of us are familiar with the frustrations of loving older games but owning modern technology....