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I went into the holiday break with very ambitious gaming plans. I’d aimed to finish a few of the games I’d started in 2024 but hadn’t had the chance to, play through some smaller games in my backlog, and come back to work satisfied with the amount of gaming I’d managed to get done on my weeks off. What actually happened is I picked up myPS5controller, played for about half an hour, and realised that I’d rather be doing practically anything else....

Quick Links Indiana Jones and the Great Circletakes fans back to the iconic archaeologist’s globe-trotting adventures, but when exactly does this story unfold? While we know that it takes place between the movies, the exact timeline of them can be murky at times, although we know that the year it takes place is 1937. Historically, 1937 was a tumultuous year, marked by political tension and cultural shifts, providing a rich backdrop for Indy’s newest escapades....

It wasn’t until The Game Awards that I realized how great 2024 was for video game adaptations. BetweenAmazon’s Fallout,Arcane season 2, andSonic the Hedgehog 3(the latter of which was too late for TGA love), 2024 had an impressive slate of video game movies and shows - enough to help us forget about the bad ones at least (sorry, Borderlands and Yakuza fans). Thanks to the success of Sonic andThe Super Mario Bros....

One of my favorite things aboutMario & Luigi: Brothershipis how it frequently plays with genre. Just when things start to feel predictable, the game hits you with a tonal shift that you’ll never see coming. It has the lava world, the ice world, and the ice and lava world, but in between that, you’ll also get the detective murder mystery world and the corporate espionage world. Yes, Brothership contains multitudes....

Summary Earlier this year,Minecraftfans were both horrified and delighted bythe first official trailer for the Minecraft movie, which saw the eclectic cast enter The Overworld and meet Steve, who looked a lot like Jack Black in a blue shirt. That trailerwent down like a lead balloon with longtime Minecraft fans, so here’s hoping that Warner Bros. does a little better with the movie’s second trailer, which dropped earlier today. The trailer begins with some backstory about Steve, explaining that he was once a little boy that dreamed of becoming a miner, before one day realizing his dream and finding a doohickey that transported him to The Overworld....

Summary Wizards of the Coast has revealed that one ofMagic: The Gathering’sbest-known settings is being renamed with next year’s Aetherdrift. The Indian-inspired steampunk world formally known as Kaladesh will now be known as Avishkar, in a change that solves a problem that has hung over the setting since its 2016 debut. The in-universe reasons behind the change were explained ina Weekly MTG streamfocused on the worldbuilding ofAetherdrift. The reason behind this change began back in Aether Revolt, the second main set based on the plane....

Summary Most of us expected Nintendo and The Pokemon Company to come afterPalworldthe moment we saw the first trailer for Pocketpair’s newest game. It took a while, butthe imminent legal battle over Palworld and some of its more Pokemon-like mechanicsis now underway. However, this might not be as straightforward a victory as Nintendo is expecting thanks, in part, to an eight-year-oldGTA 5mod. Pocketpairrevealed some of the finer detailsabout the lawsuit filed against it earlier this month, confirming one of the patents it was accused of infringing upon is the act of throwing a ball to capture creatures in a video game....

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I’ve become obsessed withPokemon TCG Pocketover the past month. I’m just three cards away from completing the Genetic Apex collection (not including alternate arts, of course), I’ve got Mew, and I’ve completed every event so far. I spent a little cash and a lot of time on this game, but recently I’ve been succumbing to conspiracy theories. You see, progress has slowed. My packs are far worse than they used to be, I don’t find ex cards as often, and my Wonder Picks are always terrible....

Summary Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket is an interesting case. It was justnominated for Mobile Game Of The YearatThe Game Awards, and it’s performing well, taking over$12 million in its first four days. However, general sentiment around the title is mixed. The battling meta isseverely skewed towards Pikachu ex and Mewtwo ex decks, going firstis seen as an instant loss, trading is coming next year,but it’s limited, and themicrotransactions have been called a rip-off....

In Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, there are no elves or dwarves. Your journey isn’t guided by any wise gray-bearded wizards. The lands are free of orcs and goblins. Its setting, Roshar, has little in common with traditional fantasy worlds like Middle-Earth and its descendants, and it doesn’t draw monsters from folklore likeThe Witcher. Though Brandon Sanderson’s high fantasy series has clear inspirations, they aren’t the shared pillars that hold up much of the fantasy genre....

Summary Sonyshares have reached a record high, beating the previous record from the early 2000s. This is reportedly due to confidence in Sony’s gaming output. Stock prices closed at 3,338 yen today, which beats the previous record of 3,260 yen more than two decades ago. This comes as thePS5is in the middle of its fourth holiday season, now alongside the upgradedPS5 Pro. Investors Have Confidence In Sony’s Entertainment Ventures TheWall Street Journal(paywalled) reports that there are “growing hopes” in PlayStation, which is the main drive behind these record stock prices....

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