Splatoon 3 Questions Answered

Quick Links Splatoon 3may be the third entry in the series, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be new players hopping into the series for the first time. And with the influx of new players, a ton of folks may have some burning questions regardingSplatoon 3. We’ve taken the most-searched questions surroundingSplatoon 3and have thrown them into this convenient FAQs (frequently asked questions) guide to give players the answers they seek....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Lisa Peterson

Star Trek: Kirk's Best Friends

The world ofStar Trekcontinues to evolve from its humble roots as one of the earliest sci-fi shows on television to a pop culture juggernaut that includes movies, shows, video games, and books. Despite the dated look of the original shows, fans still have a lot of love for the vintage series and the characters that it introduced, hence the manyStar Trekspin-offs and reboots decades later. James T. Kirk may have died an admiral, but he lived his life as the Captain of the Enterprise inStar Trek: The Original Seriesand was one of the show’s main protagonists....

June 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1429 words · Steven Clark

Star Trek: The Obsidian Order, Explained

The citizens of Cardassia couldn’t make a single move without the Obsidian Order breathing down their necks, and that’s only one reason why this intelligence agency makes the list of scariestStar Trekorganizations. Another was that the Order somehow managed to both work with the government and operate in secret. Its high-ranking associations gave the Order a long reach when it came to micromanaging Cardassian society. They even chose what people ate, and were known to make people disappear if they chose wrong....

June 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1073 words · Debra Miller PhD

Super Mario 3D All-Stars Update Adds Nintendo 64 Controller Support

Super Mario 3D All-Starswas seemingly cast aside by Nintendo after its release in 2020. However, a new update forSuper Mario 3D All-Starsbrings compatibility for the game and the recently released Nintendo 64 Switch controller. Last year marked the 35th Anniversary ofMario, withSuper Mario 3D All-Starsbeing one of the main ways Nintendo celebrated the milestone. Controversially, Nintendo decided to arbitrarilystop releasingSuper Mario 3D All-Starsat the end of this past March, which resulted in many people beginning to scalp the game, despite many retailers continuing to sell the game anyways....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Christine Cooper

The 10 Longest Platformers On NES (& How Long They Take To Beat)

Despite its limiting hardware which produced some pretty short games,Nintendo’s debut home console is home to some truly grueling, and often lengthy, experiences. While this isn’t usually the case when it comes to its more family-friendly platformers, thereisstill an abundance of games from this genre that can take marathon sessions to power through in one piece. Even disregarding the inevitable frequent deaths when running, hopping, and fighting your way through some of these colorful fantasy worlds, theNESis home to some platformers that can run you a number of hours....

June 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1371 words · Melanie Simpson

The Boys: Who Is Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy?

When it comes to superhero parody and deconstruction, the Amazon Prime Video seriesThe Boysis one of the most incisive and darkly comedic. If there’s one weak point of the show’s critique of the superhero craze, it’s the fact that it’s aimed at DC’s output and Marvel has gotten off easy, at least until now. Season three ofThe Boysis primed to drop a handful of new supes for the series' actual heroes to face off against....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · Benjamin Obrien

The Dragon War of Skyrim Explained

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis a game jam-packed with mysteries, lore, and knowledge in every cave, Dwemer ruin, and general store. Players could easily play the full game without finding every fragment of history. While one epic event was crucial in the creation of the conflict that definesSkyrimas a game, it is difficult to get the full story without doing some serious sleuthing across the continent. Anyone who has learned a shout at the Throat of the World or uncovered the mask of Rahgot in the ruins of Forelhost has encountered ancientSkyrimlore, even if they didn’t know it...

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 688 words · Tracey Adams DVM

The Flash Gets Release Date Moved Up To Avoid Clash With Indiana Jones

Warner Bros. Discovery and DC’s new management wants to make sure everything within their control goes accordingly whenThe Flashmakes its solo debut, and it looks like that includes moving up the film premiere a few days to avoid overlapping with another movie juggernaut, Indiana Jones. While Warner has been quite coy when it comes to marketingThe Flash, presumably due to its star Ezra Miller’s being caught up in a series of scandals over the past two years, it’s about time promotional efforts pick up, with the film taking overDC’sbooth at CCXP....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Crystal Cochran

The Sims 4: High School Years Complete Guide

The Sims 4: High School Yearsis the twelfth expansion pack released forThe Sims 4franchise, and it was released on July 03, 2025. This expansion pack offers players the opportunity to relive their high school years and experience the drama, excitement, and challenges of teenage life. Players will be able to create and customize their own high school, attend classes, join extracurricular activities, attend proms, and much more. While it doesn’t bring many features for other age groups, this pack offers a unique experience for players who are passionate about the high school years and want to explore the ups and downs of teenage life in the virtual world....

June 10, 2025 · 16 min · 3247 words · Jason Chavez

The Unwritten Rules of Dragon Age: Origins Explained

Summary Dragon Age: Originskicked off one of BioWare’s most beloved franchises and is widely regarded as one of the greatest CRPGs ever made. Compared to the otherDragon Agegames, it has a heavier influence fromDungeons and Dragonsand tabletop RPGs, with the combat relying more on dice rolls to hit and deal damage, and its class system, though simplified, will be familiar to RPG players. Newer players who want to playDragon Age: Originsmay struggle at first because of how technical the gameplay can be....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Makayla Little

Underrated Villains Of The Nintendo GameCube Era

Summary TheNintendo GameCube is home to some of the most iconic video games ever made, whether they were published by Nintendo or made by third-party developers. There aren’t many video games in which players aren’t confronted with conflict, usually at the hands of an evil character, such as Ganondorf fromThe Legend of Zeldaor Bowser fromMario. Some of these games may be underrated by fans, but even more underrated are the game’s antagonists....

June 10, 2025 · 5 min · 911 words · Wesley Meyer

Valheim Best Armor And Weapon Mods

Valheimisone of indie gaming’s greatest success storiesthat deserves all the praise it has been receiving. The nordic survival game is an absolute blast to play through, and fans can’t wait to see what the finished product will be like if the title is already shining so brightly in Early Access. The game’s fanbase has reached massive heights, with more and more people getting into this riveting survival game and experiencing its brilliance for themselves....

June 10, 2025 · 5 min · 945 words · James Lowery

Venom 3 Can Fulfill The Broken Promise Of Let There Be Carnage

After co-writing and co-producing the first twoVenomfilms,Kelly Marcel has been tapped to directTom Hardy in the upcomingVenom 3. The hiring of Marcel is a promising sign, not just because she has a well-established working relationship with the actor whose gonzo performance carries the whole franchise (Marcel and Hardy shared a story credit onLet There Be Carnage), but because her strengths as a storyteller exemplify what theVenommovies need more of. Sony marketedLet There Be Carnageas a quirky romantic comedy about the complicated relationship between a man and his alien parasite, but it ended up being another generic comic book actioner with low stakes and a mediocre villain....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 758 words · Alexis Pena