Tag: Media
Geralt broods by the campfire in the first clip from Netflix’s The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
On Tuesday, Netflix dropped a clip from The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep at the company’s Geeked Week 2024 event. The clip for the upcoming animated film leans on the familiar dulcet growls of Doug Cockle, who voiced Geralt of Rivia in the games. Cockle introduces the clip with an…
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Friend requests are returning to Xbox
Xbox is changing its process for forming connections on the gaming platform. Its new method works like, well, just about every other social platform, where you’ll send a friend request that is either accepted or denied. That sounds like the obvious way for this feature to function, but Xbox adopted…
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Thank Goodness You’re here is a vibrant, funny, unashamedly silly game
Thank Goodness You’re Here is here; a gravy-flavored palate cleanser from all the action-adventures, Souls-likes and Metroidvanias I’ve played the last few months. Published by Panic Inc., the same company that unleashed Untitled Goose Game into the world, there’s a certain throughline, even if the aesthetic and tone is very…
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Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
Heart-warming little adventure games have really found a place to thrive in the Playdate. I picked up Electrolight this weekend while looking for something in the same vein as the bite-sized puzzle/exploration game, Eyeland — cute, low-commitment, not particularly difficult — and found it to be utterly charming. Electrolight is…
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based RPG with beautiful artistic flair
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 first appeared with an intriguing trailer as part of Microsoft's summer showcase, teasing a dream world where squads of adventurers fight in a bid to defeat “The Paintress” who is gradually shaving years off the maximum life that people could live. It’s a very JRPG-sounding premise.…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer introduces Keanu Reeves’ broody Shadow
The first Sonic the Hedgehog movie was surprisingly great (certainly more so than the outright terrible Borderlands or the all too safe Super Mario Bros.), thanks to a genuinely funny script and Jim Carrey going wild as Dr. Robotnik. After introducing Idris Elba's Knuckles in the second film (andhis own…
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