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Off-Topic: This Apex Legends anime opening edit does a lot with little
Like Overwatch, Apex Legends is a multiplayer game with a set of interesting characters that desperately need more story attached to them.
Off Topic: The shrink wrapped dinosaur problem
One of my favorite dinosaur/paleontology books is All Yesterdays. It's been out for six years edging towards seven, and it's a book with a simple but interesting premise: it renders dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals with a more speculative eye, and then uses modern animal skeletons to show the limitations of most paleo reconstruction art.
Off Topic: Beware of mysterious labyrinths in Fallout 76
When Fallout 76 isn't breaking apart or generally being a disappointing game, there are some brief moments of joy — mostly in the strange things its players are up to.
Off Topic: The Costume Quest TV show is just as charming as the game
Whether you're impatiently waiting for Netflix to release Stranger Things' third season or simply for next Halloween, you should fill the break with the Costume Quest animated series on Amazon.
Off Topic: Upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series welcomes the Second Age and the Rings of Power
A new Lord of the Rings show has been in development for Amazon Prime, but new teasers could take it in an unexpected direction.
Off Topic: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is an RPG that reinvented the franchise, but not the genre
Sometimes a game franchise forgets what it is, or even deliberately decides to become something else.
Off-Topic: The new Captain Marvel movie should have been released 10 years ago
Captain Marvel is out of time.
Off Topic: Nintendo pushes back against microtransactions in its mobile games
Nintendo wants it mobile game developers to cut down on microtransactions so its reputation isn't affected, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Off-Topic: Valve made a pathetic excuse of a statement against publishing a game about raping women
In an unsurprisingly Valve-like move, the company put out a weak statement against publishing Rape Day -- a game where you can rape women -- on Steam.
Off-Topic: Anthem is bricking consoles, so maybe avoid playing it until EA and BioWare get their stuff together
Many scattered reports from Anthem players suggest that if you're playing BioWare's latest loot shooter on consoles, maybe you should take a pause on that.



