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It's hard not to be extra critical of Stranger Things season three in the age of franchise films, better horror media, and Netflix's own republish of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

I'm a fan of every single game in the Dragon Age series, for different reasons.

We're two sessions into our Blizzard Watch Dungeons and Dragons game, and so far we've seen our party of adventurers wake up on slabs, fight their way through a goblin infested volcano lair, steal an airship, interrogate a goblin they've named either "Bud" or "Bob" depending on who you ask, and crash said airship into a river while it was on fire from the breath weapon of a dragon that hatched out of that same volcano.

What is the lifespan of a game?

Today (June 23) marks the start of the annual Summer Games Done Quick event.

It was only a couple months ago that I started playing Final Fantasy XIV. As a longtime World of Warcraft player, it's hard not to compare the two games all the time, even if just subconsciously. While both games certainly share a host of features, they vary in even more. Most notably -- for me, anyhow -- Final Fantasy XIV's wealth of in-game looks and customization options never seems to stop surprising. Case in point: My Free Company (FC) -- basically the FFXIV equivalent of a guild -- hosted a costume contest this past Wednesday, and oh. my. Yogg. I expected some clever outfits. I did not expect Anna and Elsa, Sailor Saturn, Soldier: 76, Link, or Mickey Mouse (just to name a few) to show up. Nor did I expect them to show up looking as similar to their original counterparts as they did. The whole thing felt like I was watching an actual real-life cosplay competition unfold, and the experience was frankly too much fun not to share. Click through to see all of the amazing looks that showed up.

As E3 winds down, we sat down around our figurative water cooler to discuss the trailers and upcoming games that really caught our eye.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons won't make it to your Nintendo Switch this year because Nintendo cares about the health of its employees, according to IGN.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons features a first for the main range of the long-running game series: you'll be able to change your skin color, according to Kotaku, who confirmed it with Nintendo.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been out since last October, and the last installment of the Fate of Atlantis DLC will be out in July, with a new Lost Tales of Greece quest to follow.