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Sometimes, it’s nice to take a break from the violence and solve something a bit more mysterious, a bit esoteric, even. Speildance is that scenario inThe Rise of the Golden Idol. Instead of a dramatic fight or an outright murder, this scenario has you figuring out the hidden, cryptic meaning behind a certain person’s dance, which won him a talent competition. Luckily, you’re presented with all the materials necessary to work out what this beautiful, if odd dance is all about, and reveal the hidden message behind the moves....

Quick Links Monopoly Go’s North Pole Profits event has just dropped, and it is here to help enrich your dice count. This event will be running from10AM EST on December 17to10AM EST on December 19.However, therealstory is that this event is running alongside the Carnival Games minigame. That’s right, the Carnival Games are back, but only for two days. So, if you want to cash in on those available Carnival rewards, then you’ll need to grab up those tokens for the brief moment they are available....

Quick Links Wipe that sweat off your brow and take a load off from all the hard farmyard work Mr. Monopoly’s got us doing this week to participate in the Stacking Riches event inMonopoly Go! Anytime you land on a corner tile as you make your way around your game board, you’ll earn a few points. Beginning at10AM EST on November 28and concluding at the same time at the Racers event at3PM EST on November 30, there are more than 2,300 free Harvest Racers tokens in the list of rewards for Stacking Riches today in Monopoly Go....

It’s hard to believe what developers and publishers can get away with. When thePS4andXbox Onefirst launched back in 2013 there was a flurry of ‘definitive editions’ for titles likeTomb RaiderandDmC: Devil May Crythat were sold at full retail price but offered players the same games they’d bought and played just a few months ago on older hardware. They looked and ran a little better, taking advantage of more powerful consoles while packing in oodles of downloadable content to justify double-dipping....

Summary The remasters of past “Tales of” games aren’t going anywhere.If anything, the endeavor appears to be full steam ahead. As revealed duringBandai Namco’s dedicated Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Project Special Broadcast, series producer Yusuke Tomizawa revealed that more remasters are coming and that a “dedicated” development team for remasters has been established. In a quote transcribed by Gematsu, Tomizawa said that Bandai Namco would: “Provide [remastered Tales of titles] fairly consistently,”...

If you have playedPokemon Pocket’s PVP game mode, you are aware of the problem that the titular mouse Pokemon can be. Pikachu ex decks are fast, can hit hard, and with the game’s mechanic of always giving you a basic Pokemon in your opening hand, your chances of seeing Pikachu early are quite high. The deck only needs a full bench of Pokemon and two energy attached to your Pikachu to deal a constant 90 damage, capable of dealing a two-hit KO to just about anything in the game....

Cozy games are good for any time of the year. After all, there’s no seasonal requirement on feeling chill. But there’s something already extra comfy about the holiday season for many, so why not double down on that action? Whether or not you live in an area that gets all snowy and such during the last months of the year, it’s a great time to wind down and play something nice and serene....

Summary FromPCto consoles, robots and super-powered AI are only some of the enemies you will encounter in the world of gaming. Some of them are engineered to take down the player, while others have gone rogue and will attack anything in sight. Regardless of the circumstances, you’ll need to be at the top of your game if you want to stand a chance against these mechanical baddies. Robots are the go-to enemies when exploring futuristic worlds and dystopian aftermaths....

Summary Bloodbornefans were whipped up into a frenzy yesterday, following the discovery thatthe game’s servers would be undergoing maintenance on December 3. That’s pretty standard stuff for FromSoftware games, as they usually undergo server maintenance one or twice a year to make sue everything is ship shape, but the date of Bloodborne’s update just happened to coincide with PlayStation 30th anniversary and the date of a long-rumored showcase. It all felt like way too much of a coincidence for it to not mean a Bloodborne-related announcement was on the way, as many started to cross their fingers and toes that the fabled remaster of 60fps update for PS5 Pro may actually arrive next month....

Summary The ability to control minds would be a gold mine for anyone to have, and although we can only imagine what that’d be like in real life, several video game characters possess such a power. Unfortunately, most of the characters in this list use this gift to their advantage, and to the detriment of others. From a hostile alien life form to a heavy, amorphous fog that terrorises others using the faces of loved ones, these literal masterminds have made their mark upon the worlds they inhabit....

Next What A Gamer Would Have Gotten For Christmas In 2003 In the United States, 2002 was a hangover, the murky morning after the previous year ended with the September 11th attacks. America responded with the hair of the dog, getting into two wars that, for years, seemed like they would never end. As 2002 drew to a close, the War in Afghanistan was just a year into its 20-year span, and the Iraq War was still on the horizon....

Next What A Gamer Would Have Gotten For Christmas In 2007 Merry Christmas one and all. My tree is up, my family are threatening to come visit, so I may as well throw the turkey in the oven and call it a day. Eat, sleep, game, repeat, and so on. But I ain’t here to talk about normal festive traditions, but to run down the best games and gadgets of a given year and why you’d be gagging to have them under your tree....

Summary Dragon Agecompanions often pop up in future games, making brief cameos, or in some cases, even playing major roles in the sequels. This can be hard to pull off with all the different player world states, but it’s worked nicely so far, bringing back familiar faces throughout the series. Despite being a fan favourite, Fenris isn’t one of these returning characters and has only ever appeared inDragon Age 2. The other love interests from that game have popped up elsewhere, or were in games beforehand (except for Sebastian, the DLC guy), which only makes his absence even stranger....