Squid Gameis Netflix’s latest offering in the K-Drama segment and it’s also one of the strongest entries to grace the horror game show film genre. The show combines the politics ofHunger Gameswith thegore and tensionofBattle Royale.To that end, it’s a riveting experience that imparts plenty of lessons as well as thrills. RELATED:Greatest Horror Anime Of All Time In short, it’s a must-watch. Like plenty ofother horrorgame show films and series, however, it’s full of tropes and elements that don’t quite add up....

Intel’s 14th-generation CPUs have been received by gamers, enthusiasts, and power users with a somewhat muted response versus their 13th-gen siblings. This is mostly due to the nature of the CPU lineup known bythe moniker “Raptor Lake Refresh"offering little else than a higher clock speed for the bulk of its CPUs released so far, as well as for prospective releases. The Intel Core i7 14700K (and the 14700KF) is the glaring exception to the rule, as it receives both a higher clock speed on performance and efficiency cores, but also sees 4 new efficiency cores in play, taking its total core count to 20....

Summary Some elements ofThe Hunger Gamesuniverse require no explanation. The story rests comfortably in a long line of dystopian works, arguably sparking a new wave in the genre. Though everyone understands a dictatorial government abusing and subjugating its perceived inferiors, the Capitol’s methods vary. The evil aristocrats make impressive strides in science to spice up their televised blood sport. They invented a process called Muttation to make weapons out of wild animals....

20 years after the tragic death of his daughter and a worldwide viral outbreak that turns humans into violent monsters, broody anti-hero Joel Miller finds himself in charge of a teenage girl named Ellie who may hold the answer to finding a cure and saving the world. The premise ofThe Last of Us Part 1may seem simple, but the emotional layers that this narrative unfolds one at a time are truly remarkable....

The nextFablegame has a lot of challenges ahead of it, and the identity of its villain is definitely a prominent one. When it was announced back in 2020 that Playground Games would be making the fourth mainline installment of the popularFablefranchise, fans were pleased that the end of Lionhead Studios wasn’t going to mean the end of the series. This next entry will act as a reboot and spiritual successor to the previous titles, so it’s not yet clear to what extent the newFablewill be drawing from the old games, and whether returning characters – and more importantly, villains – will make an appearance....

Disaster films are intriguing pictures because audiences will either enjoy them for the special effects and the famous actors involved, or dislike them for the over-the-top acting and the inaccuracies in the scientific scenarios.The Towering InfernoandThe Poseidon Adventureare examples of memorable disaster pictures that contained large ensemble casts and visual effects that were impressive during the 1970s. In the late 90s, disaster films had a resurgence, especially in 1997 whenDante’s PeakandVolcanowere two volcano films released a couple of months apart....

Quick Links The latestBorderlandsspin-off,Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, continues to impress the gaming community since it mixes two seemingly different genres (shooter looter and tabletop) and creates an enjoyable game with plenty of new features that’ll keep gamers busy for a while. Even the classes in the game have a unique set of skills that can be tailored to fit a gamers playstyle,like the Graveborn class that can either be used as a Minion Master or a Life-Leeching Warlock....

Ubisoft announced the dates of the next live test forTom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence, revealing that the invitations to the limited closed beta will start reaching select smartphone and tablet owners on December 8. This news arrives mere months after theRainbow Six Mobilebetasignaled the start of Ubisoft’s major mobile push that’s expected to continue throughout 2023. Ubisoft revealedThe Division Resurgencein July 2022 as a tactical multiplayer shooter exclusive to mobile devices....

Where there are villains, there are alwaysmonologues. It’s the classicPhineas & Ferbformula; the antagonist captures his/her archenemy in a convoluted trap, only to waste precious time with a condescending and elaborate speech. Often times, not just in video games but in all modern media, villains are ‘caught monologuing’, which is a phrase that describes the process of delivering rehearsed dialogue, only to drone on for so long that it buys enough time for the hero to escape and inevitably foil their evil scheme....

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthbloodis an upcoming action-RPG based on White Wolf Publishing’s tabletop RPG of the same name. Players familiar with the cult classicVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlinesshould be excited asWerewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthbloodtakes place in the same setting, TheWorld of Darkness. This setting features supernatural beings that struggle for power, but this time, players will take on the role of Cahal, a shapeshifting werewolf banished from his tribe....

Sony has a new State of Play event coming up this week on May 27, 9:00 am PT. The event will be twenty minutes long in total, which has become pretty standard for these kinds of showcases, but this one looks like it might be extra special. Finally, Sony will be giving players some new information about one of2021’s most anticipated games,Horizon Forbidden West. WhileHorizonwill be the star of the show, it’s possible that Sony will also take a few minutes to highlight some other upcoming games like it did with theRatchet and Clank: Rift ApartState of Play....

Gamescom is going on now in Cologne, Germany, and runs until August 28. One of the most significant gaming events of the year, the event has already brought several new reveals, including multiple original IPs like thesci-fi shooterScars Aboveand the pirate-themed strategy gameTortuga. Among these new announcements is the upcoming open-world historical fantasy RPGWhere Winds Meet. Inspired by Chinese history and mythology, developers revealed the game with a short trailer duringGamescom’s opening event, and a longer extended gameplay trailer the same day....

After nine years, Travis Touchdown is slated to make his grand return inNo More Heroes 3, releasing in just a few short weeks. While there has been much anticipation for Grasshopper Manufacture’s upcoming action game, it comes after somewhat of a break for the developer.No More Heroes 3also followsTravis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, a somewhat controversial title for the studio, with mixed critical and commercial reception. What many returning fans of Goichi “Suda51” Suda’s action series don’t realize ashype forNo More Heroes 3reaches a peakis that, based on all of the promotional material,Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroesessentially acts as the extended prologue to the upcoming sequel....