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Ever since Microsoft announced The Game Feast, their follow-up to the famed Summer of Arcade, people have been looking forward to the last course, Super Meat Boy. Something about the game’s old school approach and its hilarious retro trailer all but confirmed its status as a go-to-title for retro gaming fun. So, in honor of Super Meat Boy’s release yesterday, Team Meat posted a celebratory release trailer. Not even 20 seconds into the trailer it is apparent how much fun the guys at Team Meat are having....

So far, all of the IPs developed by 11 bit studios have turned out quite different from each other. For instance, 2014’s This War of Mine functioned as a survival sim played from a side-angle perspective. And 2018’s Frostpunk combined elements of both survival and city builders. 11 bit studio’s newest project, dubbed The Alters, looks like it will continue the developer’s streak of fresh ideas. Revealed during today’s PC Gaming Show, The Alters has an air of mystery surrounding it, as the debut trailer deliberately keeps us in the dark with its premise....

Rivalries are a core aspect of any anime series, giving the protagonist someone to butt heads with and cause conflict. However, not every rivalry is intense and fueled by anger. Many rivalries in anime are often petty sibling dynamics, and even good friends wanting to get stronger than the other. These friendly rivalries create enjoyable viewing and lighthearted competition throughout the story. So without further ado: Here are 10 of the most enjoyable friendly rivalries in anime, listed in no particular order....

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a rough history, to say the least. Despite all of the subpar games, Sonic has remained a popular character and his fans remain loyal. Furthermore, with his appearance in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and upcoming racing game, and even the phenomenal Sonic Mania, it’s now a great time to be a Sonic fan (just watch out for the movie, though). If you know a major Sonic fan in your life, then we have the ultimate gift guide for you to use....

People are always looking for fun ways for their entire family to spend time together. A lot of people turn to family game nights in which the whole family gets together in order to sit down and play a game. For some families, that can be a video game like Mario Kart, while others tend to reach for more traditional games like board games and card games. While there’s a huge selection of tabletop games out there in the world, a lot of them are more targeted at a certain audience....

The only thing spookier than the Resident Evil franchise is how hard some of the achievements/trophies in them are. Seeing zombies, goofy creatures, and alligators all seem cute and cuddly compared to the difficulty and challenge of some of these achievements. If fighting the undead and taking down the vaguely evil megacorp Umbrella isn’t enough for you, these extra challenges are here to test your mettle. The series has seen many rereleases, remasters and even more than a few beautiful remakes, so the majority of these titles have seen at least one achievement/trophy list, if not several....

If there’s one thing the Final Fantasy series has come to be known for other than belts and big swords, it’s colorful characters. Seifer Almasy is the titular rival of Final Fantasy VIII as he stands in direct opposition of protagonist and village MCR era emo kid Squall Leonhart. Final Fantasy VIII’s primary themes are love and the succession of witches. Both powerful, fleeting, and usually hidden forces of nature. In the game’s opening theme, “Liberi Fatali,” the motif Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec is not real Latin....

For decades, video games have been windows to exciting virtual worlds. Roleplaying video games not only toss us into other worlds, but huge worlds of fantasy we can get lost in forever. The gold standard of classic RPGs is perhaps the Final Fantasy series, sending parties of adventurers on quests for years. They’re perhaps the most well known, but not the only RPGs. Final Fantasy might be a pillar of the genre, but there are several others of its kind that definitely challenge it for the crown....

The silver sword in The Witcher franchise is a specialized weapon that is used to slay supernatural foes. Silver is the weakness of these particular monsters; such creatures as cursed ones, wraiths, or vampires have to be slain with a silver sword. However, unlike the witcher’s second sword, which is steel, it is incredibly brittle. The Aerondight is the best silver sword that Geralt can use. In the Witcher 1, it was given to Geralt by the Lady of the Lake and it returns in Witcher 3, but more specifically in the second expansion, Blood and Wine....

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game that is going to inspire many emulators. Between its incredible story and voice-cast, to its occasionally revolutionary gameplay systems, it’s going to have some staying power. 15 Horizon Zero Dawn Previously a Playstation exclusive that has since been ported over to the PC, Horizon Zero Dawn is another excellent character-driven open-world game set in a world without the comforts of technology as we know them....

Who Takes Custody? Where’s The Love? Why Do They Run Like That? What’s His Secret? Orochimaru is one of the longest lasting villains in a show. Despite being the main baddie for a season or two, he has found a way to twist himself into the plot time and time again. So you must be wondering then, if literally everyone else has gone through physical changes, how come he hasn’t? It’s most likely thanks to some science experiment or some chakra manipulation, but dang if he doesn’t bottle and sell the stuff....

It has always been a real thing to think about something original in a fresh, and ofttimes deviant, light. Our collection this evening runs the gamut of fan-sourced imagination. Many of you may look at these images and wonder after all the times you came up with some super-interesting and super-sinister side-versions of popular heroes and villains, but for some reason were unable to illustrate them for the world to see....

Don’t let your six guesses be gone in a flash without leading you in the right direction for Wordle. In this guide, we’ll go through all the 5-letter words starting with W and ending with N to lend you a hand on your quest to maintain a hot streak. Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary....

For years, fans of Destiny 2 have waited for a follow up to the expansion campaign, Forsaken, and, on October 1st, gamers got their wish with the release of Destiny 2’s Shadowkeep. This story is a bit of a departure from the past in that it is shaping up to not only be an action-filled experience, but also one infusing a bit of terror and psychological horror. Players will make their way back to the Moon to face the “nightmarish” memories of Eris Morn, a Hunter with some questionable ties to the Hive....

A couple of weeks ago we learned a sequel to The Batman is coming, with Robert Pattinson returning to the cowl. The Batman is currently available to stream on HBO Max, so be sure to watch that and come back if you haven’t seen it, as this is certain to get spoiler-y. Without further ado, here are the five things we want to see most in The Batman 2. Light Joker Involvement At this point in time, the Joker is kind of just like Batman’s parents’ murder; it’s been done enough that we don’t quite need to dip back into it anytime soon....

Red Dead Redemption 2 focuses on various individuals of the Dutch Van Der Linde Gang, though for obvious reasons, Arthur Morgan and John Marston get the most attention. Yet, when it comes to raw character growth and development, it’s clear that Sadie Adler stands above her contemporaries. It’s worth mentioning that she was never technically identified as a member of the gang, as she never had any wanted posters and was able to resume work under the law in the latter sections of Red Dead Redemption 2....

There are plenty of new titles set to launch on the Nintendo Switch, from the upcoming Breath of The Wild sequel all the way through to a sparkly brand new Animal Crossing entry. However, players who own the device are clambering for more ports of existing games. After all, the Switch’s hook and primary niche is its fantastic portability, allowing for people to play more demanding, conventionally “immobile” titles wherever they so choose....

Take-Two has announced that it has delayed the release of one of 2K’s major upcoming titles to fiscal year 2020. Speaking in its latest earnings report overnight, the publishing powerhouse confirmed that the unnamed title, which may possibly be Borderlands 3, will now ship in the period April 2019 – March 2020. The game was originally pencilled in for release during the 2019 financial year, which meant it would have been on shelves by next March at the latest....

Having previously co-produced Kung Fu Panda 3 with Pearl Studio, DreamWorks now brings us the Chinese animation house’s first original film, Abominable, which is a perfectly lovely movie whose title doesn’t suit it at all. From writer-director Jill Culton, the film offers up a lively and colourful road trip across China with three youngsters and the baby yeti they’ve taken into their care. When the film begins, teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet) is getting over her father’s untimely death by throwing herself into the gig economy and escaping to the rooftop of her apartment building by night....

Key Points Abraham Jakub Stern a mathematician, inventor, translator, and censor. The only detailed description of the Stern’s machines is his treatise, prepared for the presentation to the Warsaw Scientific Society of the combined machine for four operations and square roots. Stern was admitted to the Warsaw Society of the Friends of Science. Portrait of Abraham Stern (with one of his calculating machines) from 1823, artist Jan Antoni Blank The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence....