Games

Get ready for the premiere of Rooster, HBO’s new comedy series! Starring Steve Carell, the show follows a novelist who gets caught up in his daughter’s personal and professional struggles. The first episode debuts on HBO and HBO Max on March 8th at 10 p.m. ET, and new episodes will air weekly on Sundays. The show, created by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, is set on a college campus and also stars Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai. This first season has 10 episodes.

While superhero stories often focus on male characters, many women possess even more impressive abilities and talents.

The new shooting game, Marathon, has had a solid start, reaching around 88,000 players at its peak on Steam. While that’s a good number for many games, it’s causing some concern because Marathon is a huge, ongoing live service game. Developed by Bungie and backed by Sony, reports suggest it cost between $200 and $250 million to create. Given that massive investment, some are questioning whether Marathon can be successful in the long run.

As a huge fan of The Blair Witch Project, I remember the buzz around its quick follow-up, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. It really didn’t land with audiences or at the box office, and it took almost 20 years for another sequel, simply titled Blair Witch, to appear. But here’s the thing: both of those sequels just hit HBO Max, and honestly, I’m starting to think we might have been too harsh on Book of Shadows all along.

Lots of exciting new movies are coming out, and the casting choices seem spot-on. Some actors were clearly chosen for a specific character, while others just naturally fit the genre thanks to their past work. Either way, these great casting announcements are building a lot of anticipation – we can’t wait to see how these actors bring their characters to life!

I first discovered The Glass Cannon podcast in 2015 while learning to play the Pathfinder roleplaying game. It started as a podcast covering a Pathfinder campaign, and I’ve been impressed to see it grow into the Glass Cannon Network, which now features actual play shows for many different tabletop RPGs. I was excited to talk with Troy Lavallee, the CEO and founder of the network, and Jason Charles Miller, a musician and cast member on Legacy of the Ancients. Our conversation covered the challenges of expanding from a single show to a full network, what makes an actual play podcast feel genuine, and how to capture the fun and teamwork of tabletop RPGs in a streamed format.

Recently, players on the Xbox Game Pass subreddit have been rediscovering how highly regarded BioWare once was, especially the original Mass Effect trilogy. Though the studio isn’t as strong now as it used to be, it was once considered one of the very best in the gaming industry. During its prime, BioWare released the critically acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy. The first game, released in 2007, received a score of 91 on Metacritic. Mass Effect 2 followed in 2010, earning an impressive 96. Finally, Mass Effect 3 concluded the story in 2012 with a score of 93.

Most of Sony’s game development studios are working on ambitious projects, but these games are becoming incredibly expensive to produce. Budgets are increasing quickly, and some of Sony’s major titles now cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

I don’t really enjoy fishing in real life, but I find it surprisingly fun in video games. I’ve loved the fishing mechanic in Pokemon ever since the original Red and Blue versions. I always made sure to have a Water-type Pokemon on my team, and since I usually chose Grass-type starters, fishing was often how I got one. However, recent Pokemon games have reduced or even removed fishing, which is disappointing. With the focus on water and tropical environments in games like Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves, bringing fishing back feels essential to the experience.

So, I just got the newest handheld from Retroid, and it’s awesome! It’s another Android-based retro gaming device you can snag directly from their site. Honestly, it kinda looks like a PSP at first glance, but it’s way more powerful and you can really customize it. It can handle pretty much any game you want to play, including older PSP titles. Now, I definitely want to be clear – I’m not saying you should download and play games you haven’t bought, that’s not cool. But if you have backups of games you do own, the Retroid Pocket 6 is a fantastic way to play them.