The Best Bikes In Riders Republic

Ubisoft’s hit extreme sports exploration gameRiders Republichas a lot of different toys for players to choose from when exploring the slopes. Bikes are one of the most popular choices inRiders Republicand are split into five different categories:Downhill,Slopestyle, Freeride, Road,andBMX. *The BMX careeris available as a separate DLC, although all players can still access basic BMX bikes and gear as standard. RELATED:Riders Republic: How To Whip It’s fair to say thatRiders Republicisthe spiritual successor to Ubisoft’s other extreme sports game:Steep....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1068 words · Joshua Dixon

The Retrofuturism Aesthetic, Explained

Our modern imaginations of what the future might hold tend to be annoyingly similar and overwhelmingly grim. We’ve all seen a million sci-fi movies with believable if dull designs and wished they were a little looser with realism. One easy way to add visual flair is to mix in last century’s sci-fi. Retrofuturism is all about playing with the work of those who came before to create something new. Sixty or seventy years ago, the world felt so much more mysterious....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 799 words · Lori Robinson

Twitch Streamer xQc Gets Hilarious Advantage in WWE 2K22 After John Cena's Leg Glitches Into Barricade

Visual Concepts and 2K Games releasedWWE 2K22last week and players continue to create unique wrestlers with the game’s creation tools, book their dream matches and events through GM Mode, and discover bugs and glitches. Just likeprevious WWE games, many of these bugs and glitches are strictly visual, but some are impacting gameplay like one spotted by popular Twitch streamer xQc. During a recent Twitch stream, Felix “xQc” Lengyel was playing a one-versus-one match against another player inWWE 2K22, with xQc choosing Raul Mendoza and the latter wrestling as the iconic John Cena....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Jerry Morgan

Undead Murder Farce: A Clash of Silver and Gold

Summary Warning: This contains spoilers for Undead Murder Farce, Episode 10, “Misty Hollow”, now streaming onCrunchyroll. Central to the appeal of this series is the intersection of classic mystery storytelling and supernatural myth, in which the rules behind literature’s popular creatures play a huge role. However, with the newest episode ofUndead Murder Farceasks how one defeats a beast when it has evolved beyond the rules established within its fiction. Last week,Rindo and Co....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1116 words · Kathy Johnson

Valheim: Is There PVP?

The primary focus ofValheimis for a group of viking raiders to survive in a hostile land together. This emphasis on teamwork and cooperative play is present throughout the game, but that doesn’t mean that developer Iron Gate AB completely overlooked player vs player elements. Though they tend to be far more common than cooperative games currently, many titles end upchoosing between either allowing cooperative play or including competitive game modes, a trend that is leading fans to question whether or not this title features both....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Natalie Ferrell

VFX Artists Break Down Video Of Andrew Garfield On Spider-Man Set To Prove If It's Real

If there are 2 things that movie fans will eagerly gobble up whenever the chance is presented, then this must be Bizarro World, because movie fans will go absolutely gaga over countless reveals, info drops, and musical stingers. But among all that nerd grub are 2 particularly enticing morsels known as leaks and deepfakes, and one particularly recent instance of both hasSpider-Manfans all bouncy. Some may already be familiar with a reportedly leaked video that allegedly showsAndrew Garfield on the set ofSpider-Man: No Way Homein full superhero garb....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 496 words · Jason Andrews

Warzone 2.0: How to Find Building 21 Area

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0received its first major content update in the form of “Season 1 Reloaded.” This update adds a plethora of gameplay changes and bug fixes alongside new content, such as the Chimera Assault Rifle and the all new Al Mazrah location, Building 21. This location isnew to the DMZmode, which takes inspiration from games likeEscape From Tarkov. Unfortunately, Building 21 is yet to be a confirmed location inWarzone, but players hope the developers have plans to add it soon....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 576 words · Stephanie Maynard

Why Did Weyland-Yutani Want A Live Xenomorph?

In many ways, the true villain of theAlienfranchise is not the eponymous monstrosities but is instead the openly corrupt megacorporation Weyland-Yutani. Multiple films in the series reveal the desire of the company to somehow acquire a live Xenomorph, usually at the cost of several lives, but what were they planning to do with it when they caught it? Weyland-Yutani, often obliquely referred to as The Company, was introduced inAlien,though never addressed out loud and kept to sparse mentions on computer screens and beer cans....

July 29, 2025 · 5 min · 854 words · Patrick Davis

Xbox Announces Tokyo Game Show Plans and Streaming Schedule

Tokyo Game Show 2022, the annual Japanese gaming convention, will officially start on September 15. It’ll be the first TGS open to the public since 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic’s start. Fans aren’t the only returning party for TGS 2022, as major companies includingXboxare also planning to attend. With the Xbox Series X/S performance in Japan improving, even outselling the PS5 some months,Xboxis planning to make a splash at TGS....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Christina Rodriguez

YouTuber Spends Three Years Doing a GTA 5 Pacifist Run, Still Kills Nearly 100 People

Someone has spent the better part of three years completing a pacifist run ofGrand Theft Auto 5, although in doing so they still had to kill almost a hundred people to finish the story. Asone of the highest-grossing video games of all time, Rockstar’s fifth offering in its hugely successfulfranchise is still a mainstay for many in the community, despite the fact that it came out almost ten years ago. However, along withGrand Theft Auto Online, the game has clearly stood the test of time, especially given how much players can see and do....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Ashley Lewis

Zelda Fan Creates Real-Life Diorama of the Great Plateau From Breath of the Wild

Summary One immensely talented artisan managed to create a real-life diorama of the Great Plateau fromThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. His incredible achievement adds to the ever-growing list ofimpressive arts and crafts projects inspired by theZeldaseries. AlthoughTears of the Kingdomimproves on nearly every aspect ofBreath of the Wild, one way in which the game falls short of its predecessor is its treatment of the Great Plateau; while many fans considerBreath of the Wild’s starting area to be the highlight of the game, this location ended up being much less compelling in its sequel....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Heather Sanchez

10 Great Monster Movies (That Have Nothing To Do With Kong Or Godzilla)

While fans are preparing for the modern clashing of the Titans inGodzilla vs. Kongby watching the connected films of Legendary’s MonsterVerse or the previous incarnations of the classic cinematic giant monsters, it can be easy to overlook some other great monster movies that don’t feature King Kong orGodzilla. RELATED:9 Best Games Featuring Godzilla, Ranked Over the years the monster genre has developed beyond the giant lizards and gorillas to include wild new monsters that have gone on to launch cinematic franchises of their own, while other memorable monster movies have explored similar origins and themes as the King of Monsters or theEighth Wonder of the Worldthat monster fans will enjoy....

July 28, 2025 · 5 min · 962 words · Kyle Sheppard

5 Livestream Fails That Made Every Twitch User Facepalm

Twitchcan be a fickle business, as not only are the company’s terms of service sometimes enforced inconsistently, but people put their lives online for the world to see. What this inevitably means is that mistakes will be made, which can be equal parts hilarious, equal parts awkward, and sometimes make everyone who sees it facepalm. Livestream fails are typically innocuous, but there are some that define aTwitch streamer’s rise to prominence....

July 28, 2025 · 4 min · 658 words · Ronald Waters