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Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Anthem
BioWare’s new multiplayer loot shooter Anthem can be fun but it’s also hard to get the hang of, since so little about how it works is explained. Knowing some basics before you start will go a long way to making it more enjoyable. There are three main pieces to Anthem: walking around Fort Tarsis, going…
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Tetris 99 Has No Tutorial, So Here’s What You Need To Know
Yesterday Nintendo announced and released Tetris 99, a battle royale-style multiplayer Tetris game for the Switch in which you play against, wait for it, 98 other players in a merciless puzzle-off. It’s out now and free to download. There’s just one problem: the game doesn’t tell you how it works. If you’ve ever played any…
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Tips For Playing Slay The Spire
After over a year in Early Access, the challenging deck-building roguelike Slay the Spire is officially out on Steam today with a Switch port to following later in 2019. The game was really good when I played the hell out of it back in early 2018, and though the finished version is mostly the same,…
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Some Smash Ultimate Fighters Get Hurt Just By Trying To Swim
Starting with Super Smash Brothers: Brawl, if characters fell into bodies of water on certain stages, they had a few seconds to swim out before drowning. Being in the water doesn’t hurt, although if characters complete their drowning animation, they plummet to the bottom and die. In Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, that’s all still the…
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How To Stop A Cat From Chewing On Video Game Controller Cables
My apartment has only two things in it: video game controller cables, and a cat. Okay, there’s also some furniture, but most of the time, it does feel like my home life revolves around keeping my cat entertained with any object other than video game controller cables. Over time, I’ve learned some techniques to stop…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is an online survival role-playing game that tasks you with exploring a map four times the size of Fallout 4‘s, uncovering its secrets, and making a life for yourself there. There’s crafting, base-building, hunger and thirst systems, diseases to manage, and mutations to cope with. It’s a lot, but I hope the following…
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Tips For Playing Spider-Man
You might have heard there’s a new Spider-Man game out today. You might have also heard it’s very good. For those who have decided to try out this little old game for themselves, I have some guidance to offer. Spider-Man is a surprisingly approachable game, but beneath the surface there are a lot of systems…
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Tips & GuidesTips For Playing No Man’s Sky’s Big Update
Whether you played No Man’s Sky two days ago or haven’t played since launch, returning to the game since the Next update is going to involve some adjusting. If you’re wondering how to make Warp Cells or where to find resources, here’s a few tips. You Can Opt Out Of Multiplayer A lot of people…
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Tips For Playing Far Cry 5
Far Cry 5 is a big game with lots to do. It’s more open than its predecessors, so at any moment, you have a lot of choices about what you can do. We have some suggestions if you’re preparing make your way through Hope County, Montana. I’ve played the game for about 35 hours, and…
By Ethan Gach
