Minecraft Legends: How To Find Lapis

Minecraft Legendstells the story of an adventurer’s quest to rid the world of a terrifying evil. Piglins have overrun the Overworld, putting the lives of all those who dwell there at tremendous risk. Thankfully, there are countless ways to fight these enemies off, but certain methods can only be used if the player has acquired specific materials. RELATED:Minecraft Legends: How To Carry More Resources While playingMinecraft Legends, players can collect a vast array of useful resources and materials....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 495 words · Jeffrey Richards

Minecraft Player Builds Incredible Tower Based on Dark Souls 3

A dedicatedMinecraftplayer spent hours building a giant tower inspired by the Mausoleum fromDark Souls 3’s Ringed City DLC. This impressive creation should makeDark Souls 3players nostalgic and proves once again the flexibilityMinecraftoffers for creative players who want to build famous landscapes in this sandbox game. Ever since its initial release in 2011,Minecrafthas been giving players the tool they require to build almost anything they could dream of. Some inspiredMinecraftplayers recreated Savathun’s Throne World fromDestiny 2’s The Witch Queenexpansion or a Covenant battleship fromHalo, while others build courses for sheep races or a gigantic highway crossing an entire map....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Danielle Gibson

Minecraft Player Creates Incredible Doom-Inspired Area in the Game

One fan of Mojang Studios’ smash-hit sandbox titleMinecraftdecided to go back to PC gaming’s roots for inspiration when designing a new world inside the game, producing a near-perfect recreation of the first level of 1993’s seminal PC shooterDoom. Fans of the classic shooter have created some fantastictributes toDoominMinecraftbefore, but this block-based remake ofDoom’s E1M1 is one of the most impressive ones yet. Ever since it was first released for PC in 1993, helping bring the first-person shooter genre into the popular consciousness and setting the stage for decades of games to come, id Software’sDoomhas held a special place in the hearts of gamers....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Heather Boyer

Moonstone Island: Dev Talks Studio Ghibli Inspirations, Expansive Lore, and More

Summary Cozy games are all the rage as life feels increasingly hectic and out of control, and the latest game to land in that space isMoonstone Island. Taking notes fromPokemon, Harvest Moon, Slay the Spireand many more sources, this creature collector blends thecozy gamelife sim charm with its cute critters. Moonstone Islandtakes place on the titular island, floating in the sky alongside other islands high above an ocean world. After an ancient civilization fell, the spirits thrown out of balance reared their heads, and plucky young alchemists like the protagonist venture forth to calm them and restore harmony with the world....

July 9, 2025 · 14 min · 2932 words · Courtney Chan

Mystery Science Theater 3000's New Crowdfunded Season Has Lofty Goals

There’s something special aboutMystery Science Theater 3000. After it was originally canceled, the people behind it went off to do their own thing, creating their own projects likeCinematic Titanicand the still-chuggingRifftrax. But the original series still found its way back, with a successfulKickstartercampaign giving it new life on Netflix. But it still remained largely the same, to the delight of its fans. Now, after 2 seasons and another abrupt cancelation, that spark still hasn’t died out, andMystery Science Theater 3000is ready to return to the hopefully not too distant future....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Adrian Douglas

NBA 2K24 Finally Adding Feature Fans Have Been Wanting for Years

2K and Visual Concepts have announced thatNBA 2K24will be adding a major feature that players have wanting for years.NBA 2K24will be the first game in the franchise to feature cross-play, the ability to play multiplayer with players on separate platforms – though there’s a major catch. After waiting so long forNBA 2K24to add crossplay, it’s perhaps unsurprising that 2K and Visual Concepts aren’t fully implementing it. Crossplay in the basketball game will be limited to just two platforms....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Louis Sharp

No, The Haunting of Bly Manor Isn't a Case of 'Bury Your Gays'

In October,The Haunting of Bly Manorwas everyone’s go-to Halloween show. Following up onThe Haunting of Hill House,it had everything to create a perfect spooky formula: a mansion where people died under mysterious circumstances, creepy children,ghostswith grudges, and a diverse cast of trauma-ridden adults. But in the final episode, the fate of a certain pair has fans questioning whether the show used a certain controversialtrope.Of course, major spoilers ahead forThe Haunting of Bly Manor....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 593 words · Robert Khan

Overwatch 2’s Bastion And Sombra Reworks Are A Good Sign For Other Hero Changes

While the addition of a PvE campaign inOverwatch 2is exciting, it is hardly surprising that most of the discussion around the game is centered on its multiplayer. Online play is what made the originalOverwatchsuch a success, as the competitive experience played a huge role in making the hero shooter genre as popular as it is today. However, forOverwatch 2, Blizzard is taking some big risks - and fans are concerned about one adjustment in particular....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 710 words · Donald Ellison

Pikmin 4 Needs a Better 'Hard Mode' Than 3 Deluxe

At some point in 2023,Pikmin 4is scheduled to arrive. The game was originally name-dropped close to a decade ago by Miyamoto, and fans haven’t seen much of it since. Apart from the few years between the original two GameCubePikmintitles, every major title in the series has been separated by a significant time gap. Despite the need for speed and efficiency inPikmin, fans have been kept waiting forPikmin 4, though not without any franchise support....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · David Taylor

PlayStation State of Play Rumored for March; Could Include God of War Release Date

February 2022 has been quite the month for Sony’sPlayStationplatform. As delays had pushed many of the big exclusive releases back to 2022, many were expecting the first half of this year to deliver with some quality games. While third party titles have been a bit hit and miss, withDying Light 2still experiencing some bugs, Sony’s first major exclusive of this year has been received as a critical success. The anticipated sequel toHorizon Zero Dawn,Horizon Forbidden Westreleased just last week, and even with so little time of it being available the game has received much positive attention....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Joy Moreno

Pokemon Fan Shows What Porygon Would Look Like as a Human

Summary A creativePokemonfan has shared their concept for what Porygon would look like if it became human. The interesting twist on the iconic Pokemon seems to be appealing to fellow fans, who have also suggested what Pokemon to human conversions thePokemonfan artist should focus on next. Transforming Pokemon into humanshas become a common topic of fanart. In the community, this type of anthropomorphic change is referred to as Gijinka. While every artist has their own idea on what a Pokemon might look like as a human, it’s an interesting twist on the classic creatures and fans often enjoy the idea of their favorites becoming people....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Steve Harris

Reverie: Sweet As Edition Confirmed for PS5 Release

SNES throwback indie gameReveriehas been announced for PS5. It was first released for PS4 and PS Vita in 2018 and got an enhanced edition on Nintendo Switch the following year. This edition will soon be available forPS5owners. Reverieis from New Zealand developer Rainbite and is a loving homage toclassic SNES gamesof the 1990s. Its story is borrowed from a Maori legend and has the player controlling the character Tai who must work to save Tomori Island from spiritual forces during a summer vacation....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Michelle Watkins

Rings of Power: What Are Harfoots?

Hobbits are the mainstay of so many of the stories that take place in Middle-Earth. FromThe HobbittoThe Lord of the Rings, hobbits tend to be what captured Tolkien’s attention the most, as they often end up being his main characters. They’re unlikely heroes, coming from a society that prides itself on being as uninteresting as possible, which is exactly what makes them fascinating.The Rings of Poweris no exception to this, as the show also seems interested in following Hobbits....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 814 words · Jason Brandt