It Took Me 20 Years To Realise How Materia Works In Final Fantasy 7

I am not a clever girl. Despite playing through the originalFinal Fantasy 7more than every other game in existence, I have only just discovered how one of its core mechanics works. Squaresoft’s seminal RPG was the first video game I remember playing as a kid, and helped to influence all the anime, games, books, and other media I’d gravitate towards in years to follow. It is a masterpiece, and one I hold close to my heart even asRemakeandRebirthare taking over the gaming world all over again....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 747 words · Shawn Lopez

It's Not Too Late For Suicide Squad To Learn From Marvel's Avengers

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguehasn’t been well-received. Its reviews are middling, its gameplay accused of being repetitive and uninspired, and fans of the Arkham games have been left scratching their heads, wondering how the same studio that brought them one of the best superhero trilogies ever could create something that falls so far short of their prior Batman standards. The answer is simple. The idea for Kill The Justice League was dreamt up the better part of a decade ago....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 821 words · Chad Rogers

Monster Hunter Stories Amiibo Are Back In Stock At GameStop

Nintendo’samiiborun may now have come to an end followingthe release of Sora’s figurein February, but that doesn’t mean it can’t give collectors a chance to plug gaps in their collections now that there aren’t new amiibo to worry about. Nintendo has been steadily doing that already in 2024, and nowGameStophas affordedMonster Hunterfans a chance they likely thought they wouldn’t get again. GameStop has restocked two of the three amiibo that were released alongside the launch ofMonster Hunter Stories 2onNintendo Switch....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Amanda Martinez

Persona 3 Reload: How To Defeat Servant Tower

Quick Links When the clock strikes midnight inPersona 3 Reload, the Dark Hour begins, and Gekkoukan High School turns into a mysterious tower called Tartarus. You and your team of Persona users are entrusted with the task of exploring the tower and defeating the enemies lurking within, called the Shadows. While you will often find Shadows scurrying about on the different floors of Tartarus, there are some Shadows that stand their ground on certain floors, preventing you from proceeding forward without a fight....

June 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1093 words · Jenna Dorsey

Pokemon Has Added A Massive Clodsire To Its Plush Collection

Pokemonhas been urging us to catch ‘em all for decades and given us a variety of ways to do it. You can catch ‘em all in video games, collect trading cards, or actually leave the house and hunt them down inPokemon Go. Some might say that’s the closest method there is to feeling like a real-life Pokemon trainer. To those people I would say collecting Pokemon plushes, while potentially more expensive depending on your penchant for Pokecoins, is far closer to replicating the impossible feeling of having your very own Pokemon....

June 20, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Jessica Gomez

Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Is Getting Story DLC And Free New Modes

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s update roadmap has been revealed, confirming that it’ll get a selection of new modes and outfits for Sargon alongside a paid story expansion at the end of the year. The Lost Crown is already one of the best and most content-complete games of 2024 so far, but it looks like it’s about to get even bigger and better. Following the game’s launch,the developers teased that it’d be getting new content at some point in the year, and we now finally know what that DLC is going to be....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Daniel Lane

PSA: Stick With Hi-Fi Rush Until You Get The Parry

From the momentHi-Fi Rushlaunched on Xbox last year,I’ve been singing its praises to anyone who will listen, begging them to give one of my all-time favourites the chance it deserves. That’s something I’m going to keep doing now it’s come toPS5, not that it really needs the extra helpconsidering how well it reviewed and sold for such a niche game. But I’ll be damned if I let another musical-focused masterpiecesuffer the same fate as Brutal Legend....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 815 words · Logan Stephens

Robeats Codes For Roblox

Roblox - Game WHERE TO PLAY Roblox is enjoyed by millions. A sandbox game where you can play, create, and come together with people all over the world. Jump into any of the community experiences, or take advantage of promo codes for cool content. Updated Jul 04, 2025:We checked for new Robeats codes on June 04, 2025, and found no active codes.The expired code log has been updated. There are various game experiences to choose from inRoblox....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Blake Gill

Solo Tips For Lethal Company

A sleeper smash hit when it came out,Lethal Companyabsolutely exploded over night and became the new hot multiplayer game everyone wanted to play. But it does come with quite a learning curve, and despite running it in groups or solo it can still be punishingly brutally hard at times. Unfortunately not everyone can pull together a group of friends to blow through the game. So there’s often a lot of solo players out there busting their butts for The Company all on their lonesome....

June 20, 2025 · 5 min · 961 words · Benjamin Rodgers

Suicide Squad's Ending Isn't Bad Because Of Batman

There are three major complaints aboutSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’sending, and it feels like a case of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Representing the good, we have Batman - I feelit’s a bold deathand should have been the lynchpin for a far braver and more emotionally involved story. It’s not perfect in its execution, but the execution itself gets a big thumbs up from me. Then there’s the bad - while the lack of narrative development sours Batman’s death, itrenders Wonder Woman’s trite and pointless, underlining how misused she is in the story....

June 20, 2025 · 5 min · 885 words · Catherine Nelson

The Best Cultural Traditions In Crusader Kings 3

Your character’s Culture inCrusader Kings 3can influence your strategy even more than their stats or Traits. Not only is it important to share a Culture with your liege or subjects for the sake of peace and harmony, but your Ethos and Traditions will offer key strengths and weaknesses across every generation. If you hold more territory of your Culture than anyone else, then you can become the Cultural Head and shape its growth over decades and centuries....

June 20, 2025 · 7 min · 1349 words · Mindy Harper

The Best Push-Your-Luck Board Games

Roll the dice, draw a card, and hold your breath – push-your-lucktabletop board gamesflip your fortunes faster than a pancake in a skillet. This year has seen this thrilling genre flourish with creativity and excitement, offering a buffet of choices for daring gamers and cautious strategists alike. From underwater treasure hunts to balancing acts with spicy nachos, these games keep you teetering on the thrilling tightrope between triumph and disaster. We’re diving deep into the best push-your-luck board games of the year, where every turn is a pulse-pounding decision and luck walks hand in hand with strategy....

June 20, 2025 · 7 min · 1284 words · Katherine Kaufman

The Best Races For Wizards In BG3

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Wizards can be granted unimaginable power, able to wield some ofthe mightiest spellsin the game. Choosing a race for one can actually be somewhat tricky, though; Wizards don’t synergize especially well with many of the game’s races, either because they are too martially-focused, or because they give you spells that Wizards can already use without much difficulty. However, certain races do provide bonuses that Wizards will gladly take advantage of; many of them come with helpful defensive abilities that can keep the notoriously squishy class alive....

June 20, 2025 · 5 min · 883 words · Matthew Gibson