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Animal Crossing Was My Happy Place, Until It Turned Me Into An Arsehole
After a long day of work, I was looking forward to flying to Lazy Egg, my virtual island in Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing game. What I found was a tropical paradise under siege. Players from across the internet were pounding at my island’s door. For over an hour, they came flooding in, effectively crashing my…
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Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Leading Women On Strong Friendships And The Aerith Or Tifa Discourse
Coming into Final Fantasy VII Remake, voice actresses Britt Baron and Briana White—the women behind two of Final Fantasy’s most beloved female characters, Tifa and Aerith—knew they were grappling with a long, expectant legacy of fans. But one thing they didn’t quite expect? Those fans dividing themselves into devoted legions over their characters.
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10 X-Files Episodes To Watch That Are Still Scary As Hell
These are strange days we’re living in, which makes it the perfect time to revisit The X-Files. Lately, we’ve been focusing our binge-watch efforts on the monster-of-the-week episodes that scared us so bad we might as well say they scarred us”because they’re still giving us nightmares. Here are 10 favourites you can watch to give…
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Prince Of Persia’s Groundbreaking Character Animations Started Life In A High School Parking Lot
At a time when most video game characters looked and moved like crude stick figures, Prince of Persia introduced a hero who ran across the screen and leaped between platforms with incredible fluidity and lifelike movements. It was a big part of what made the game so enjoyable, but realising that animation style was a…