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With Prey causing a storm with fans and critics alike, many film sites are publishing lists of “Predator” movies along the line of which is the best or worst of the film series. A common thing with these lists is the inclusion of the two AVP (Aliens Versus Predator) movies which has caused people to argue in the comment sections of those articles whether or not the films are or are not canon to both the “Alien” and “Predator” franchises. I already knew the answer to this like many other fans of the two film series. The short answer to the question of whether is AVP canon or not is a resounding, NO. Aliens Versus Predator is set in its own universe. As far as many fans of the AVP franchise know, the two alien species have been kicking the ever-loving crap out of one another for eons according to the comics, books, and video games that have been made
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Over the last 72 hours (or more) parts of the internet are abuzz with a new indie horror game that challenges players to beat it under two hours, and the prize for beating it? A refund. The game is called Refund Me If You Can, a first-person maze-solving game in the dark with a monster chasing you, very generic but perfect for YouTubers and streamers to overreact to on camera for their younger viewers. But the game is actually a big “F-YOU!” to Steam and their refund policy. Steam rolled out a new refund policy a few years back that makes it very easy for users to refund a game they purchased within two hours. Most indie developers suffered a massive loss due to this policy causing some to flat out quit the gaming industry. There are many games on Steam usually from one-man developing teams who make short games, short as in anywhere from 40 minutes to under an
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Daedalic Entertainment and NACON have announced the unfortunate news that their upcoming game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will be delayed “A few months” as they wish to take the time to polish the game and ensure a smooth launch. Fans who might be upset by this news should remember a wise quote from Gandalf The Gray, “A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.” The Lord of the Rings: Gollum puts players in the role of the infamous Gollum as he sneaks through famous locations in Middle Earth like Mordor, Mirkwood, and The Mines of Moria. Players will have to use their platforming and stealth skills the get past enemies, some familiar and some new while also meeting familiar characters from the books. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum‘s new release date will be announced later but the game will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,
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Capcom has released more information about the upcoming Resident Evil Village Gold Edition along with a new trailer featuring the fan-favorite villainess, Lady Dimitrescu who players can play as in the new game mode The Mercenaries Additional Orders. As part of the Winters’ Expansion, the new Mercenaries mode will let players play as Lady D, Heisenberg, and Chris Redfield, each character having their own unique play style such as Heisenberg’s magnetic abilities, and Chris’s famed “Boulder Punch”. Lady Dimitrescu, on the other hand, builds a Thrill meter by slicing adversaries to ribbons with her razor-sharp talons allowing her to perform special actions like slamming down hostiles or summoning her daughters. The Winters’ Expansion includes Third Person Mode, The Mercenaries Additional Orders, and Shadows of Rose, a new narrative DLC following the story of Ethan’s daughter Rosemary set 16 years after the main campaign. Resident Evil Village Gold Edition also includes the “Trauma Pack” digital add-on content. Resident Evil Village Gold
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If I told you there’s an FPS game that looks and feels like Crysis and COD, but it’s indie, you would probably think I lost my mind. Well, I just played a game just like that and I was quite surprised that I enjoyed it! Let me introduce you to Bright Memory: Infinite, an FPS by FYQD Studio and Playisim who I would like to take this time to thank for the reviewing opportunity! Bright Memory: Infinite takes place in China where players play as Shelia, a member of an organization called the SRO, who is working to understand a strange anomaly that had appeared in the sky over a province causing destruction. Shelia, with the use of a power suit and supernatural abilities, finds herself fighting soldiers from a military organization as well as ancient foes. Now onto the game itself! For all the FPS vets like me, you may have to get used to these controls as the
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Asmodee and Netflix have teamed up to bring three of the streaming service’s popular shows to your home in the form of board and card games. Each game features fun and easy-to-learn gameplay that takes players to locations they’re familiar with from Squid Games, Ozark, and Stranger Things. In Squid Game, 3-6 players each have a team of up to 12 members and compete in six games featured on the show: Red Light/Green Light, Dalgona, Tug of War, Marbles, Glass Bridge and Squid Game. After completing all the games, the first team member to reach the Squid Head wins. Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer is a hidden role game designed for 4-10 players, two teams go head-to-head and uncover who is sane and who has been possessed by the Mind Flayer. Ozark is a territory control game for 2-5 players. Choose a faction, vie for money, and then influence and control locations from the series like Lickety Splitz
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The need to feel nostalgic is ever-growing as those of us who have grown up in the 80s and 90s are (un)admittedly getting older. One field of nostalgia some crave is in the realm of interactive entertainment… for the whipper snappers, Video Games. LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide are working together to bring the looks of gaming in the 80s back with Mothmen 1966. I would like to thank LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide for the reviewing opportunity. Mothmen 1966 follows three playable characters who are having quite the out-of-this-world experience one night in rural West Virginia at the height of a meteor shower that only occurs every 33 years that has a strange effect on the local wildlife as well as spawning sightings of an infamous resident of West Virginia, The Mothman. Now onto the game itself. When it comes to a game based on 80s-style dos games, there’s not a whole lot to expect control or
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Bandai Namco released the new reveal trailer for the latest installment in their “Dark Pictures Anthology” titled The Devil in Me which is set to be released this fall. The game will be starring Jessie Buckley (Who’s likeness and voice are given to her character) plays a member of a film crew for Lonnit Entertainment TV who received a phone call from Granthem Du’Met, with a promise of a tour around a faithful recreation the infamous murder castle created by American serial killer H.H. Holmes, an idea that Lonnit Entertainment founder Charlie Lonnit believes might just save his show. Once the crew is inside, they quickly learn that Du’Met does not intend for them to leave and forces them to play a game of life and death where the player’s actions will determine whether or not members of the film crew will survive the night or not at all!
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Aconyte Books is a publication that takes gamers’ favorite games to the next level by publishing books that take place in the game’s worlds. Aconyte Books and Humble Bundle have recently teamed up to release the Fantasy Gaming Fiction book bundle where proceeds go towards the charity Worldreader, whose mission is to help children to learn how to read. As for the bundle itself, it features $213 of books based on popular board games such as Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Twilight Imperium, KeyForge, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic and video games such as Watchdogs Legion, and Assassin’s Creed. The bundle is on sale now till July 21st and can be found HERE.
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The Atomic Age (1945-1965) saw a big surge in horror films as the public enjoyed having their fears played with on the big screen or on the little screens that were now appearing in their homes. The influx of horror films saturating the market birthed the ever-loving B-movies, the kitschy nature and look of these films are what make them immortal which is why I love the hell out of them! But there’s only one issue, I want to be comfortable while watching them and I like a good blanket to snuggle in while watching a good horror. You may think that the perfect horror-watching blanket doesn’t exist… but you’re wrong! Let me introduce you to Retro-a-go-go! an online store specializing in Retro Kitsch! I want to make a big shoutout to Retro-a-go-go! for helping make this review possible! The title image of this review is featuring the Monster Movie Ads Throw Blanket which features ads and posters for some
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With Prey causing a storm with fans and critics alike, many film sites are publishing lists of “Predator” movies along the line of which is the best or worst of the film series. A common thing with these lists is the inclusion of the two AVP (Aliens Versus Predator) movies which has caused people to argue in the comment sections of those articles whether or not the films are or are not canon to both the “Alien” and “Predator” franchises. I already knew the answer to this like many other fans of the two film series. The short answer to the question of whether is AVP canon or not is a resounding, NO. Aliens Versus Predator is set in its own universe. As far as many fans of the AVP franchise know, the two alien species have been kicking the ever-loving crap out of one another for eons according to the comics, books, and video games that have been made
Continue reading →
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Over the last 72 hours (or more) parts of the internet are abuzz with a new indie horror game that challenges players to beat it under two hours, and the prize for beating it? A refund. The game is called Refund Me If You Can, a first-person maze-solving game in the dark with a monster chasing you, very generic but perfect for YouTubers and streamers to overreact to on camera for their younger viewers. But the game is actually a big “F-YOU!” to Steam and their refund policy. Steam rolled out a new refund policy a few years back that makes it very easy for users to refund a game they purchased within two hours. Most indie developers suffered a massive loss due to this policy causing some to flat out quit the gaming industry. There are many games on Steam usually from one-man developing teams who make short games, short as in anywhere from 40 minutes to under an
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Daedalic Entertainment and NACON have announced the unfortunate news that their upcoming game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will be delayed “A few months” as they wish to take the time to polish the game and ensure a smooth launch. Fans who might be upset by this news should remember a wise quote from Gandalf The Gray, “A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.” The Lord of the Rings: Gollum puts players in the role of the infamous Gollum as he sneaks through famous locations in Middle Earth like Mordor, Mirkwood, and The Mines of Moria. Players will have to use their platforming and stealth skills the get past enemies, some familiar and some new while also meeting familiar characters from the books. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum‘s new release date will be announced later but the game will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,
Continue reading →
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Capcom has released more information about the upcoming Resident Evil Village Gold Edition along with a new trailer featuring the fan-favorite villainess, Lady Dimitrescu who players can play as in the new game mode The Mercenaries Additional Orders. As part of the Winters’ Expansion, the new Mercenaries mode will let players play as Lady D, Heisenberg, and Chris Redfield, each character having their own unique play style such as Heisenberg’s magnetic abilities, and Chris’s famed “Boulder Punch”. Lady Dimitrescu, on the other hand, builds a Thrill meter by slicing adversaries to ribbons with her razor-sharp talons allowing her to perform special actions like slamming down hostiles or summoning her daughters. The Winters’ Expansion includes Third Person Mode, The Mercenaries Additional Orders, and Shadows of Rose, a new narrative DLC following the story of Ethan’s daughter Rosemary set 16 years after the main campaign. Resident Evil Village Gold Edition also includes the “Trauma Pack” digital add-on content. Resident Evil Village Gold
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If I told you there’s an FPS game that looks and feels like Crysis and COD, but it’s indie, you would probably think I lost my mind. Well, I just played a game just like that and I was quite surprised that I enjoyed it! Let me introduce you to Bright Memory: Infinite, an FPS by FYQD Studio and Playisim who I would like to take this time to thank for the reviewing opportunity! Bright Memory: Infinite takes place in China where players play as Shelia, a member of an organization called the SRO, who is working to understand a strange anomaly that had appeared in the sky over a province causing destruction. Shelia, with the use of a power suit and supernatural abilities, finds herself fighting soldiers from a military organization as well as ancient foes. Now onto the game itself! For all the FPS vets like me, you may have to get used to these controls as the
Continue reading →
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Asmodee and Netflix have teamed up to bring three of the streaming service’s popular shows to your home in the form of board and card games. Each game features fun and easy-to-learn gameplay that takes players to locations they’re familiar with from Squid Games, Ozark, and Stranger Things. In Squid Game, 3-6 players each have a team of up to 12 members and compete in six games featured on the show: Red Light/Green Light, Dalgona, Tug of War, Marbles, Glass Bridge and Squid Game. After completing all the games, the first team member to reach the Squid Head wins. Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer is a hidden role game designed for 4-10 players, two teams go head-to-head and uncover who is sane and who has been possessed by the Mind Flayer. Ozark is a territory control game for 2-5 players. Choose a faction, vie for money, and then influence and control locations from the series like Lickety Splitz
Continue reading →
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The need to feel nostalgic is ever-growing as those of us who have grown up in the 80s and 90s are (un)admittedly getting older. One field of nostalgia some crave is in the realm of interactive entertainment… for the whipper snappers, Video Games. LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide are working together to bring the looks of gaming in the 80s back with Mothmen 1966. I would like to thank LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide for the reviewing opportunity. Mothmen 1966 follows three playable characters who are having quite the out-of-this-world experience one night in rural West Virginia at the height of a meteor shower that only occurs every 33 years that has a strange effect on the local wildlife as well as spawning sightings of an infamous resident of West Virginia, The Mothman. Now onto the game itself. When it comes to a game based on 80s-style dos games, there’s not a whole lot to expect control or
Continue reading →
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Bandai Namco released the new reveal trailer for the latest installment in their “Dark Pictures Anthology” titled The Devil in Me which is set to be released this fall. The game will be starring Jessie Buckley (Who’s likeness and voice are given to her character) plays a member of a film crew for Lonnit Entertainment TV who received a phone call from Granthem Du’Met, with a promise of a tour around a faithful recreation the infamous murder castle created by American serial killer H.H. Holmes, an idea that Lonnit Entertainment founder Charlie Lonnit believes might just save his show. Once the crew is inside, they quickly learn that Du’Met does not intend for them to leave and forces them to play a game of life and death where the player’s actions will determine whether or not members of the film crew will survive the night or not at all!
Continue reading →
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Aconyte Books is a publication that takes gamers’ favorite games to the next level by publishing books that take place in the game’s worlds. Aconyte Books and Humble Bundle have recently teamed up to release the Fantasy Gaming Fiction book bundle where proceeds go towards the charity Worldreader, whose mission is to help children to learn how to read. As for the bundle itself, it features $213 of books based on popular board games such as Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Twilight Imperium, KeyForge, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic and video games such as Watchdogs Legion, and Assassin’s Creed. The bundle is on sale now till July 21st and can be found HERE.
Continue reading →
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The Atomic Age (1945-1965) saw a big surge in horror films as the public enjoyed having their fears played with on the big screen or on the little screens that were now appearing in their homes. The influx of horror films saturating the market birthed the ever-loving B-movies, the kitschy nature and look of these films are what make them immortal which is why I love the hell out of them! But there’s only one issue, I want to be comfortable while watching them and I like a good blanket to snuggle in while watching a good horror. You may think that the perfect horror-watching blanket doesn’t exist… but you’re wrong! Let me introduce you to Retro-a-go-go! an online store specializing in Retro Kitsch! I want to make a big shoutout to Retro-a-go-go! for helping make this review possible! The title image of this review is featuring the Monster Movie Ads Throw Blanket which features ads and posters for some
Continue reading →
