Best Drama Series With Awful Pilot Episodes

Creating a brand new drama series, whether it makes use of other genres or stays purely in the drama category, is never easy. It’s necessary not only to figure out what the audience and the network want to watch but also to make sure the show works as a whole. RELATED:Best Drama Movies Of 2021 As many shows proved, even an initial worse impression doesn’t mean the show cannot become a huge success....

May 14, 2025 · 5 min · 860 words · Robert Ross

Best Open-World Video Game Series

Summary It’s one thing to birth and sustain fictional worlds in books, movies, or video games, but it’s quite another feat entirely to produce one in an open-world game. For the most part, games in this genre go beyond works that one person or small teams can produce. They are colossal undertakings that take the time of hundreds, if not thousands, of people to the tune of millions of dollars to make....

May 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1216 words · Max Zavala

Best Sleeper Hit Anime

How many times has an anime caught the fanbase off guard, seemingly coming out of nowhere and becoming a smash hit? That’s what a sleeper hit is. A piece of entertainment that got little hype or promotion, or maybe was even actively derided, that ends up becoming successful anyway, sometimes even outperforming the expected big-sellers. Some anime needed time before they got the recognition they deserved. Perhaps they got overshadowed by other series or weren’t marketed well....

May 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1058 words · Caitlin Thomas

Beta Tester Explains Why Cities XL Never Got to Compete With Cities: Skylines

A beta tester who was invited to participate inCities XL’s late-2000s beta testing has decided to share some information on the game’s pre-release monetization systems, and why it couldn’t retain players afterCities: Skylinescame out a few years later. Initially planned as an MMO city-building game,XLwent through a number of changes and revisions ahead of its 2009 release, the most notable of which was the removal of almost all MMO elements....

May 14, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Christopher Martinez

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion’s Puppy Nickname is Emblematic of His Bond with Angeal

Fans get to meet some rather unique characters inCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion. It serves as a prequel to the originalFinal Fantasy 7, so fans not only get to see characters likeYuffie as a kid, but new faces that help lift the old favorites to greater heights. Originally exclusive to PSP, the newly remastered game has its first act completely devoted to the teacher and student relationship between Zack Fair and Angeal Hewley....

May 14, 2025 · 3 min · 586 words · Thomas Hamilton

Destiny 2 Player Transforms Their Hunter Into Slave Knight Gael From Dark Souls 3

ADestiny 2player, with the use of the game’s cosmetic system, was able to transform their Hunter into Slave Knight Gael fromDark Souls 3. Fashion is an important element of the popular shooter, and it has even led to the creation of a dedicated sub-community. Much like other MMOs,Destiny 2provides every player with the ability to customize the appearance of their character. There are plenty of armor pieces, ornaments, and shaders that one can mix and match to change the look of their Titan, Hunter, or Warlock....

May 14, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Jeffery Ramirez

Dying Light 2 Releases Free Authority Pack DLC

Dying Light 2 Stay Humanis the anticipated sequel to the firstDying Lightand came out a couple of weeks ago. Even though the game is still fresh from release,Dying Light 2has been able to find its audience among fans of the original game and new players. Now that the game is out, developer and publisher Techland announced thatDying Light 2will receive its first piece of DLC today. This will come as part of the Authority Pack DLC, which will release a new set of gear players can equip that’s based on the authoritative Peacekeepers faction from the game....

May 14, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Mark Martin

Fallout 4: The Hardest Achievements in the Game

Fallout 4isa game that has become iconic in its versatility and replayability. The sprawling open world that theFalloutfranchise has become known for lends itself to a near endless amount of content that has served to satiate fans to this day. That being said, the array of varied content withinFallout 4is proportionate to the variety of difficulty present within different aspects of the game. WithFallout 4boasting 84 achievements worth a total of 1600 gamerscore, it is inexorable that some achievements are exceedingly difficult in their required prerequisites....

May 14, 2025 · 5 min · 984 words · Jordan Mason

Genshin Impact- How To Reach The Secret Room On Whispering Isle

Quick Links The Summertide Scales and Tales event inGenshin Impacthas three main areas for Travelers to explore. The areas unlock through the main quest line and in the final one, players will be introduced to Broken Isle. Broken Isle is where the main finale of the story takes place and where Travelers will battle the fearsome dragon. After completing it, they’llgain access to all the islandsin the area and world quests....

May 14, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Marisa Lawson

Genshin Impact: How To Dive In The Hot Spring Of Beryl Region (Core Cooling Achievement)

Quick Links Fontaine is the land led by the Hydro Archon inGenshin Impact, so it’s only fitting that the expansion features mechanisms related to water. The most notable addition is clearly the underwater exploration where players can swim deep into the sea and go through ruins of the ocean. However, diving into the sea is not the onlywater-related activity thatGenshin Impactplayers can experiencein Fontaine. For example, there’s ahot spring south of Beryl Region Statue of the Seventhat can be dived into, but only after peoplecool the water downby drowning the volcanic activity in an underwater cave....

May 14, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · Stephanie Smith

Gotham Knights’ Red Hood May Have The Most Distinct Gameplay

Gotham Knightshas the potential to bring back the thrilling gameplay and narrative style of theArkhamSeries that has made Batman games so popular. With Batman no longer around to defend Gotham City, the job falls in the hands of his most trusted allies, the Bat Family, all of whom have remarkable fighting skills. However, of the four playable characters inGotham Knights, Red Hood stands out for his unique fighting style and the powers he now possesses that will help him save Gotham....

May 14, 2025 · 5 min · 917 words · Paige Nicholson

Harley Quinn Season 3 Gets July Release Date

It’s been known for a while now that the HBO Max animated series,Harley Quinnwas getting a third season. What hasn’t been known, until today is just when people could expect to see it, but now it appears the show is going to be arriving next month. Harley Quinnhas been a bit of a cult hit since it first hit HBO Max with its creators likening it to aviolentMary Tyler Moore Show....

May 14, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Monica Barker

Harry Potter: Mad-Eye Moody's History, Explained

Summary Some characters fromHarry Potter– like Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and of course, Harry, Ron, and Hermione – are in the entire story from start to finish. But some characters are introduced later, or taken away sooner, or maybe even both. But this doesn’t take away from the importance of their role in the entirety of the plot. As is the case with the mysterious Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody. He’s first introduced into theHarry Potterfranchise in the fourth film/book,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire....

May 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1038 words · Kaitlyn Cowan