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TheYu-gi-oh!trading card game has awildly successful and popular competitive scene. Tournaments have pushed people to create the most powerful decks with the most powerful cards. Konami has, of course, fed the desire for new, stronger cards with each card set they’ve released, but this supply also created the need for a ruleset that balances and limits the use of cards deemed too powerful. This is why there has been a ban list for the official tournament scene for almost the entire existence of the competitive formats....

[UPDATE: ASUS has released anofficial statementabout the typo and details of a replacement program.] Hardware manufacturerASUShas continued to sell its $700 line ofNeon Genesis Evangelion-themed PC motherboards, despite one glaring issue users have been reporting for over a month now regarding the EVA-02 edition. Although the issue has no impact on performance, users who’ve bought the motherboard are understandably upset at the lapse in quality control atASUSfor one of its top-end products....

2019 is coming to a close and it has been an exciting year in the world of games. As theXbox One and PS4 begin to prepare for transitions to the next-generation of consoles, Nintendo fans may be feeling like the Switch is still just hitting its stride after a successful couple of years. Hopefully, the portable Nintendo console still has a handful of years left and continues in its 2019 trend of being a great place to play some of the best games of the year....

Animal CrossingandPokémonare among some of the most nostalgic games out there. They bring out everyone’s inner child. Who needsDark SoulsorHalowhen you’re able to instead dedicate your time to befriending strange digital animals? Despite both being popular series that center on animals, the games are rather different. One focuses on a human who uses the animals to fight other animals while the other is a human who is slowly paying off house debt to a raccoon....

Dying is a natural part of video games, but it loses impact when players can just pick up where they left off. That’s whypermadeathexists. This mechanic aims to restore the significance of death in cyberspace. Basically, if players die once, then they have to start the whole game over. Yeah, it’s frustrating, but some people love a punishing challenge. Not to mention, it ensures each playthrough has ample weight. RELATED:RIP: The Best RPGs With Permadeath Many games would benefit from that weight....

Summary With a plethora of manga released almost daily, the industry is brimming with new series, ensuring there’s something tailored to every taste and preference. Despite this influx, there is a universal set of standards only a handful of manga meet that elevates them above other books. And while an engaging storyline is highly crucial, it’s just one part of a larger context. A good manga needs to have a captivating premise, very likable characters, and an extremely captivating art for it to be an all-rounded experience for its readers....

The Walt Disney Company, more commonly referred to as Disney, is one of the most common household names of all time.Disneyis not only known for its media endeavors like movies or television, but also because of its multiple theme parks that allow people to interact with their favorite characters or experience tons of ride attractions. 16 years ago, in celebration of Disney’s 50th anniversary, the company created an online multiplayer experience calledVirtual Magic Kingdom, abbreviatedVMK....

Avatar: The Way of Waterwas one of the most successful films of 2022, evencrossing the $2 billion mark at world wide Box Office. The movie, building on the world of the firstAvatarfilm, delved even deeper into Pandora, exploring new settings away from the forest where Neytiri,Jake, and their 5 childrenhad made their home. Not only did the second entry in the franchise explore new places, biomes, and amazing creatures on the incredible planet, but it also explored a new type of Na’vi....

Summary Open-world games have gained a huge foothold in the gaming industry over the past couple of decades. Starting as a novelty and becoming the norm for many major companies' biggest releases, all manner of incredible worlds have been built from the concept of letting players roam freely and complete the game in a non-linear manner. However, one type of setting that isn’t used nearly as often as others is a tropical open world....

Summary FromSoftware has risen from humble beginnings to become a developer everyone considers to be the gold standard of what to expect in an action RPG. The interconnected levels ofDark Souls, theworldbuilding ofBloodborne, and the open-world design ofElden Ringare a few of the many things that this studio has implemented and improved upon time and time again, refusing to rest on its laurels. Of course, it would be impossible to talk about FromSoftware without paying due credit to the boss fights in this game....

Even in FromSoftware’s dark catalog, there are few titles as unsettling asBloodborne. Set against a Victorian-era backdrop,Bloodbornepresents a city—Yharnam—that is crawling with twisted, malformed creatures. For all its menacing encounters,Bloodborneis best remembered for its extremely difficult boss fights, with The Old Hunters DLC’s fights ranking among the most difficult of all the Soulsborne games. Despite appearing as one of the game’s earliest boss encounters, the Blood-Starved Beast stands as one of the game’s more difficult fights....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warbrings with it a campaign that tells a complex Cold War narrative full of talk regarding Nuclear War and mind control. The campaign is surprisingly story-focused, with less of an emphasis on action and more of a push toward solving the many mysteries ofBlack Ops Cold War’s narrative. While this does work, and the campaign of the game introduces memorablenew characters like Adler and Park, it feels fairly disconnected from the originalCall of Duty: Black Ops....

The second season of Don Mancini’sChuckyhas returned to cable television just in time for Halloween. After a successful first season which saw the returns of severalChild’s Playcharacters, the horror series promises a new season full of twists and horrifying turns. The season 2 premiere, “Halloween II,” channels the essence of the killer doll and his motives. Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) reappears to bring vengeance upon those that stalled last season’s attempt at domination....