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Tips & GuidesWhat To Know Before Choosing A House In Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Fire Emblem: Three Houses released last week, and if you haven’t joined one of the game’s three houses, it’s time to make a choice. Want to know which group has the most mages? Which is the most chill? Which will give you the most heartbreaking narrative experience? We have you covered with this nifty guide.…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 29, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is here, and there’s a lot to it. There are more than 30 different characters at launch, each with different abilities and skills to juggle, and menu after menu of ways to enhance and upgrade them. There’s so much to keep track of while you take on the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 19, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Use Mario Maker 2‘s Tricky ‘Scroll-Stop’ Feature
How’s your Super Mario Maker 2 going? Making some Marios? Trying out some of the cool new features? One of the most subtle but powerful new tricks you can do with the Switch version of Nintendo’s brilliant creation game can really change how you build your Mario levels, but it can be tricky to use.…
By Chris Kohler Published July 16, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Get Into Final Fantasy XIV In 2019
As Final Fantasy XIV’s new expansion “Shadowbringers” hits, I’ve seen a lot of curiosity from co-workers and friends about how to get started with the game. With hours and hours of content, tons of jobs to choose from, and multiple places to hop in, it can seem daunting, but it’s still well worth the time.…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 11, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesMario Maker 2 Player Finds Useful Trick For Making Randomized Levels
Make a brand new stage in Super Mario Maker 2 and you may find that objects which had an element of random chance in the first Mario Maker are now completely predictable. Clown cars, for example, will always start traveling in the same direction rather than picking one randomly. One player figured out how to…
By Gita Jackson Published July 8, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Samurai Shodown
It’s been said about a million times before, but one more won’t hurt: Fighting games are hard. Stupid hard. If you weren’t lucky enough to be born during the arcade’s heyday, when fighting games ruled the world, you’re already at a disadvantage. Samurai Shodown, which launched earlier this week, only exacerbates the issue by carving…
By Ian Walker Published June 27, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Days Gone
Days Gone is an extremely big, long video game that is full of post-apocalyptic things to do, but also not terribly clear about how or why you should do them. And since it is the post-apocalypse, the world isn’t terribly flush with support or infrastructure or anything dedicated to the advancement of learning. This is…
By Joshua Rivera Published April 26, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing The Elder Scrolls: Blades
The Elder Scroll: Blades is finally out, at least in early access, and playable on iPhones or Android devices. While Blades isn’t as big or complex as Skyrim, it does have a surprising amount of depth compared to other RPGs built for phones. Not all of this depth is properly or clearly explained in-game, so…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 4, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is fun and also challenging. There’s a lot to take in, both in and out of combat, and several aspects of the game require real concentration and attention to detail. I’m here with some tips to help you learn better and faster. There are lots of boss-specific strategies in this game,…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published March 22, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Devil May Cry 5
Devil May Cry 5 is out now and is a heckin’ good time. Learning how to be the best devil hunter can be tricky, though, so I’ve put together a breakdown that will help you get started. Keep in mind that this guide mostly outlines mechanics, and is meant to help newbies and experts alike…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 8, 2019 -
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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…
By Ethan Gach Published February 22, 2019 -
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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…
By Ethan Gach Published February 14, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Apex Legends
Apex Legends might have a boring name, but it’s a lot of fun to play. Respawn’s battle royale ditches Titanfall’s giant mechs but plays around with the genre in exciting ways. It can be daunting to start up any new game, especially a battle royale. Here are some tips to help you find your bearings…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 6, 2019 -
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Tips For Playing Resident Evil 2
Whether you’re returning to Racoon City or a first time visitor, Resident Evil 2’s mixture of horror and action can be daunting. If you don’t want to get your neck-flesh literally torn off in the new remake, here are a few tips to help you survive. Play On Normal Difficulty After you die a few…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 25, 2019 -
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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,…
By Ethan Gach Published January 23, 2019 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [UPDATED]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has it all, and whether you’re a seasoned pro or a newbie coming in blind, “it all” is a lot. Every fighter from every prior Smash game is available, plus over 100 stages, a lot of wily items, a slew of quality-of-life updates and a somewhat perplexing collectables system called “Spirits.”…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 26, 2018 -
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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…
By Maddy Myers Published December 10, 2018 -
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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…
By Maddy Myers Published November 23, 2018 -
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…
By Ethan Gach Published November 16, 2018 -
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A Vegetarian’s Guide To Hunting In Red Dead Redemption 2
In real life, I turn a bit green at the sight of a butcher shop. In video games, I am a merciless killer of monsters and, in Red Dead Redemption 2, deer. If you want to get into the game’s hunting, allow me to be your guide. Video games are all about escapism, right? This…
By Keza MacDonald Published November 13, 2018