Sonic Frontiers: Starfall Event & Slot Machine Explained

InThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, there’s anevent called the Blood Moonthat randomly happens during the nighttime. And what it does is bring dead enemies back to life while also respawning items, materials, and other helpful gear.Sonic Frontiershas its own event that is very similar toZelda’s Blood Moon, and it’s called Starfall. What is the Starfall Event? The Starfall event inSonic Frontierswill randomly happen once the day ends. The game doesn’t run on the real-world clock, so players will see the days go by in-game by just exploring and completing missions and puzzles....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Brandy Horn

Sonic Superstars' Chaos Emeralds Are Treats, Not Tricks

Summary To the delight of ClassicSonicfans everywhere,Sonic Superstarsis out right now. Aiming to offer familiar controls within a brand-new experience, the latest 2D Sonic game sees the titular hedgehog and friends fighting against Dr. Eggman, Fang the Hunter, and Trip the Sungazer to free the Northstar Islands from their control. While the game clearly aims to feel like the original titles,Sonic Superstarsalso offers up plenty of new gameplay mechanics of its own....

July 30, 2025 · 4 min · 685 words · Lori Russo

Spider-Man 3 Doesn’t Have to Look Far for a Green Goblin Blueprint

Summary Marvel’s Spider-Manonly narrowly beats outMarvel’s Spider-Man 2in terms of how many bosses are fought, which is partly due to its DLC bosses. But the original undoubtedly pales in comparison when the quality of each is assessed because whereasMarvel’s Spider-Manrelied heavily on set-pieces and QTEsMarvel’s Spider-Man 2allowed players to fight bosses with the same combat they dole out on mobs and made each boss intricate with attacks players could parry....

July 30, 2025 · 4 min · 662 words · Stephanie Lawson

Star Trek: Impressive Things Spock Did Before Joining The USS Enterprise

Summary There were a few officers who stayed on the Starship Enterprise after Christopher Pike left, and according toStar Treklore, Spock was one of them. His career as Captain Kirk’s First Officer was a long and distinguished one that even overlapped into alternate timelines and parallel universes. Most of the classic stories in theStar TrekIP that feature Spock are about his time as a Starfleet officer, but there are recent movies and shows that feature his exploits before joining Captain Pike’s crew....

July 30, 2025 · 4 min · 821 words · Robert Hoffman

Star Wars: Most Frightening Characters, Ranked

Summary Star Warsis viewed as the ultimate battle between good and evil as the Rebellion, the Jedi, and the Resistance take on the evil Sith, the Empire, and First Order. One side is presented as the Light Side of the Force fighting for the good of humanity, while the other is the Dark Side and terrifying. RELATED:Star Wars: Most Dangerous Fallen Jedi Many villains inStar Warsproduce a fear factor that can scare any fan, from the youngest child to the oldest adult....

July 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1136 words · Ryan Gomez DDS

Starfield: How to Get Silver (Ag)

Quick Links Silver (Ag) is an uncommon inorganic resource inStarfield, primarily utilized in the crafting of Zero Wires, Power Generators, and Outpost structures. One challenge when it comes to collecting and farming Silver is that it does not appear on planet scans early in the game. To locate its deposits, players are required to land on various areas and painstakingly scan every inch of the surface. However, there is a solution to this laborious process....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Troy Martinez

Steam Deck Using Linux Explained

Valve recently announced theSteam Deck, its entry into the handheld PC market that would be fully integrated with Steam. Alongside some impressive specs for its small size, Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck will be a Linux-based system. With a new version of SteamOS based on Arch Linux, the Steam Deck will likely feature a user-friendly experience and function as an actual Linux PC. However, Linux has a bad reputation for PC gaming since Linux-based systems are often limited to games that are natively designed for them....

July 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1066 words · Jason Turner

SteelRising Likely Won't Have 'Traditional' Classes Like GreedFall

Fans of French game studio Spiders are awfully curious about what’s in store for its upcoming titleSteelRising.Last July,SteelRisingturned some heads as a next-gen sci-fi retelling of the French Revolution. The Spiders studio has been pretty quiet about it since then, though. The biggest announcement about the game to come out is the new revelation that Spiders is ready to do someSteelRisingplaytests. Anyone who doesn’t get in on those tests will be left to speculate just what the gameplay looks like....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 615 words · Dana Torres

Stranger Things Writers Share Script Pages For Will And Mike Scene

The fourth season of Netflix’s megahit,Stranger Things, was a roller coaster of emotions for the cast and for the fans of the series. Perhaps the most emotional moments came from Mike Wheeler and Will Byers, and now the writers of the series have offered a behind-the-scenes look at one of their key scenes together. Just as important as the action and horror inStranger Thingsare the friendships—and sometimes more than friendships—that spring up between the characters involved in the series....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Paul Roach

Super Mario Bros. Speedrunner Breaks Blindfolded World Record

Super Mario Bros.is one of the most speedrun games ever, and as such it is extremely competitive. While fans may be familiar with the Any% speedrun category that sees players attempt to beat the game as fast as possible, there are several other categories as well. For this game, there’s arare speedrunning category that requires players to beat the game as fast as possible while blindfolded. This has been done before, but recently speedrunner Crescendo managed to do it even faster....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Linda Webb

The 1970's Little Mermaid Anime is One of the Saddest Anime Ever Created

Summary Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaidwas released by Toei Animation - which is known for producing some of anime’s top most watched series, such asSailor Moon, theDragon Ballseries,One Piece,DigimonandYu-Gi-Oh- to name a few. Unlike the version of the fairy tale featuring a singing crab, this anime version stays much closer to Andersen’s original telling, making it possibly one of the saddest anime movies of all time. The movie was released in 1975 and featured an all-star cast - including Shibata Hidekatsu, who plays the King of Mermen, Shibata also voicesOne Piece’sMonkey D....

July 30, 2025 · 4 min · 736 words · Brittney Brown

The Elder Scrolls: 10 Things You Need To Know About Hammerfell

It’s only one of the most anticipated titles of the 21st century so far.Elder Scrolls 6will take place in the province of Hammerfell, Bethesda announced asa small teaser in a Twitter commenton the last day of 2020, and the gaming world finally exhaled. It’s going to be tough for Bethesda to follow the success ofSkyrimwhile maintaining the online portion of the franchise,Elder Scrolls Online. RELATED:Every Elder Scroll We’ve Read & What We Know About Them...

July 30, 2025 · 7 min · 1286 words · Erica Hays

The Inevitability of Battlefield 1 Versus Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

One editor reflects on the reveals forCall of Duty: Infinite WarfareandBattlefield 1, and how comparisons between the two are largely expected from the publishers involved. It’s started once again: the war of the war games. Truthfully, I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with eitherBattlefield 1orCall of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and to claim one is superior over the other in a written piece seems a rather predictable bid to capitalize on industry buzz rather than say something worth reading....

July 30, 2025 · 5 min · 871 words · Victoria Strickland