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Full spoilers ahead. Two episodes in, Season 4 had done a lot of setup and not much else. “Richmond’s Got Talent” is the episode where that setup finally has to
HBO Grounds The Green Lantern…And It Works SPOILER WARNING: This review gets into the big swings of “Lanterns” Episode 1, including that ending. If you haven’t watched yet, go watch
Full spoilers ahead. This Ted Lasso Season 4 Episode 2 review picks up right where the premiere left off. The premiere had one job: get Ted back to Richmond. It
Full spoilers ahead. Three years is a long time to let a finale sit. Long enough that “Ted Lasso” wrapped up in May 2023 feeling like a closed book, the
Alright, if you missed the Summer Livestream this week, grab a drink and get comfortable, because Broadsword actually showed up with substance this time. SWTOR 8.0 is shaping up to
Peter Parker walks through a version of New York that has no idea who he is, and that single fact does more heavy lifting in Brand New Day than any
New York City is about to get a lot harder to see through, and a lot more dangerous to walk around in. Ubisoft just dropped the patch notes for The
I walked out of the theater and just stood in the lobby for a minute. Didn’t check my phone. Didn’t talk to anyone. Just stood there letting it settle. That
College Football 27 XP sliders, AKA The “Win” That Wasn’t: EA’s College Football 27 Response Proves They’ll Do This Again Last week we told you how EA buried pay-to-win microtransactions
College Football 27 microtransactions are the story nobody wanted, buried under one of the sharpest football games EA’s made in years. Read on to catch our view on this hot
Gaming revenue hit $201.6 billion in 2025. The highest it has ever been. The same industry that posted that number cut nearly 50,000 jobs since 2022, shut down studios mid-award
Here’s what nobody wants to admit about Toy Story 5: it’s good. Not “good for a fifth installment” or “good considering nobody asked for it.” Actually good. And it earns
Cheap video games and hidden gems don’t get front page treatment. That’s kind of the point. Keeping up with modern gaming feels less like a hobby and more like a
Catch our State of Play recap or our Xbox Showcase Recap for more summer gaming news! Summer Game Fest has gotten a reputation for being a lot of things in a
Xbox Games Showcase 2026: Everything Announced, Ranked in Your Brain by How Loud You Yelled Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase was the kind of show that makes you remember why you
It’s that time of year again. The week where gaming Twitter becomes ungovernable, sleep schedules get sacrificed on the altar of trailer drops, and everyone has a “Game of the
Alright, Chat—let’s be honest for a second. When you hear a new LEGO Batman game is coming out, you pretty much know what you’re getting into before you even open
In 2021, Ashley McBryde fell off a horse in Montana and landed on her head. Not a metaphor. She ended up in an emergency room with a concussion and scalp
Broadsword just dropped a massive developer livestream, and if you’re a Star Wars: The Old Republic player, the roadmap just got a lot more crowded. What started as a deep
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