The older I get, the more I appreciate things I didn’t when I was a kid. Field trips are wasted on the young, and at 31, what I wouldn’t give to have a day off where my parents pay someone to take me on a guided tour. Regardless of having been that bored kid once myself, I was annoyed when the first child walked into Memento Mile, my Prehistoric location inTwo Point Museum....

Upgrading your skills inSniper Elite: Resistanceis essential if you want to be able to survive later missions, Axis Invasions, orany of the multiplayer game modes. Skill upgrades include things like holding more ammo, increased health, or longer focus duration. But with so many to choose from in the beginning, which ones are the best to get first? While all the skills available can benefit your gameplay, there are some that we would recommend unlocking before others....

Quick Links Civilization 7has taken the decades-old strategy franchise in bold directions. Rather than splitting your campaigns into a bunch of eras, each of which only shakes things up to a certain extent, Civ 7 flips the series' traditions on their head. Now, there are only three eras, each known as “Ages”, but the changes between them are monumental. Not only will you switch civs, but you’ll be faced with plenty of outdated architecture that’s no longer going to help you as it once did....

As the Oscar nominees for 2024 (being awarded in 2025) are announced, we continue TheGamer’s tradition of looking ahead to the next year at what Oscar contenders are on the horizon. This year’s nominees feel a lot less crowd-pleasing than last year when Barbenheimer swept the cinematic world, though there are still some success stories if you look for them. But the cinematic world never stops, and it is time to look beyond this year into next....

Weight can greatly impact your ability to carry essential items inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2. As you collect resources, weapons, and supplies, your inventory may become overloaded, restricting Henry’s mobility, slowing movement, and making it harder to pick up more items. While you canincrease your stats and weight capacity,there are other ways to manage this issue. One of the best methods is storing items you don’t always need in a safe place....

Summary Last year, the repeated nerfs to various weapons and stratagems inHelldivers 2sparked a long debate about game balance within and outside the game’s community. People questioned why nerfing ‘overpowered’ weapons was necessary in a player-versus-environment (PvE) game. After all, the only victims of overpowered strategies in Helldivers 2 are the Terminids, Automatons, and Illuminate. Arrowhead Studios heeded this feedback, setting out a 60-day update plan in which nerfs were reverted and fun was prioritized in Helldivers 2....

Quick Links Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’s fourth chapter, Welcome To Velvet Cove, is another short introductory chapter that gives us a bit more insight into who Swann is. After leaving her room in 1995, we follow her as she walks through the forest to return her rental video to the Movie Palace. On the way, you’ll get the opportunity to record many critters, birds, and more for your memoir collectibles....

Quick Links InThe Sims 2, there are dozens of jobs your sim can have to occupy their days as they fulfill lifelong ambitions. Each job presents unique opportunities to earn rewards and bring home Simoleons to decorate your household. One of the most demanding jobs is being a doctor, which can be done through the Medicine Career Track. We’ll break down each role in the career and the schedules that go along with it....

Summary Over the last week, Bohemia Interactive has been the victim of a DDOS attack targetingArma ReforgerandDayZservers. As reported byGamepressure, project lead Klamacz stated on January 30 that the issue “was resolved within a few hours”, but just one day later, Twitter user @kevindenheijer replied, “It’s down again”. I think we pi**ed someone off —project lead Klamacz. A megathread dedicated to the server issueswas opened yesterday on the Arma Reforger subreddit to contain the influx of complaints....

Summary Physical copies ofAssassin’s Creed Shadowsappear to have been sold early, as some are already playing the game. At least one of these players has started sharing screenshots and videos of their gameplay online, as fans fear that spoilers will leak long before the game’s launch. This all comes almost a month before the release date of March 20, so this is a major issue forUbisoft. It’s unclear just how many copies are out in the wild right now, but listings are being found on online marketplaces....

Summary You’d think that, even asa wild-shaped owlbear, you’d struggle with climbing ladders… sitting on thrones… Y’know, things you don’t normally see giant, ungainly ursine do. Not inBaldur’s Gate 3. When you’re wild-shaped, at least as an owlbear, you can still perform human acts (as pointed out by u/ADHD-Fens). In fairness, bears sometimes sit like people, and there are plenty of pictures of them chilling at picnic benches, but there’s something unsettling about an owlbear sitting upright on a giant bone throne....

Quick Links With the new Season,Apex Legendshas started a trend we hope to see in future seasons where balancing changes drastically mix up the game. Last Season, we saw a support meta with new passives that made headlines in the patch notes as “Season 23: The Season of Supports!"; this season seems to be doing the same to the Assault class. But, where does that leave the rest of the Legends?...

TheMarvel Cinematic Universehad a hold on Marvel movies as they built up towards the ultimate villain, Thanos. Of course, that era ended, and the continuity has explored other directions in which to go. In particular, they explored the multiverse as well as the aftermath of the battle with the mad titan. However, as the MCU tries to get its bearings years after the cinematic event, there are other films just outside the continuity that made waves....