Dark Souls is unforgiving. Some (read: me) have described working at a dead-end job as the Dark Souls of living. As a result, I have taken it upon myself to analyze every boss in the Dark Souls series based on their business acumen. The Five Cs of being a good (Dark Souls) boss:Clear vision: Can this boss communicate their goals and give clear steps on how to achieve those goals? In the world of Dark Souls, does this boss clearly hold their arm way up in the air before slamming it down on you?

Here’s how Tall Tales work. Tall Tales provides that ability to share something new and exciting, and its combined with an Arena update that has, overall, made the seas less senselessly aggressive. Tall Tales leverages this experience to dodge both of those traps and come up with the Goldilocks of puzzles. Sea of Thieves has spent four expansions honing the experience of, well, being on the Sea of Thieves itself. The update — as well as all previous Sea of Thieves expansions — is free for anyone

Sea of Thieves’ Anniversary Update includes the Arena, a competitive game mode with a new faction and 24 minute matches. Land a cannonball on an enemy ship. is nearly mandatory, due to changes since Sea of Thieves’ launch to weapon reloading and switching that disincentive double-gun. Ship repair and toolsOn the second floor of your ship, you’ll find cannonballs in red barrels and food and wood in brown barrels. Earning 25 points per cannon adds up when you have all guns blasting and connecting

The oldest zine included in As If is also the longest running fanzine to remain in distribution in Britain throughout the course of the second World War: Futurian War Digest, or FIDO, which printed from October 1940 until March 1945. Rosenblum prefaced this poll by explaining that those behind Futurian War Digest “hasten to put machinery into motion to record the views of fans here before fandom ceases entirely to exist.”Reflecting this concern with extinction, the cover of Futurian War Digest V

Adam Conover likes to play games, but he prefers not to do it alone. When he’s not working on Adam Ruins Everything or touring on his live comedy special “Mind Parasites,” he boots up his PC and streams some Sekiro on Twitch. For Adam, streaming isn’t a business venture (he donates his Twitch revenue to charity). Adam would move on to College Humor, where he’d launch the first series of Adam Ruins Everything, the internet show that would eventually become a TV show by the same name. I knew Adam

His voice sure sounds familiar… @AndrewWK pic.twitter.com/L2gSJQjFs2 — Bethesda (@bethesda) June 11, 2018The mutation, I explained to Willits, looks like an exaggerated cleft lip and cleft palate. But we do have some — the heroes in Rage 2 are not as pretty as the heroes in Rage 1. Rage 2’s use of cleft lip and palate imagery in the final game is worse than I expected, and certainly worse than its predecessor. And besides, I thought before diving into Rage 2, how many times could they use this c

The deathrun community is home to some of the most creative Fortnite players around. Case in point: this new Undertale tribute map that replicates the notorious difficulty of the Sans battle. Now, Undertale is a 2D game, which makes recreating the battle in a 3D game like Fortnite a little tricky. If you don’t make the right jumps, or take the right route, traps and death barriers will instantly kill you. It’s not an exact 1:1 replica, but the Fortnite creation definitely captures the spirit and

Daenerys’ invasion of King’s Landing in the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones was going to be explosive — she’s riding Drogon into battle and driven to destroy Cersei, after all — but an old treat made the whole thing even more … vibrant. note: this post contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8, episode 5, “The Bells”]Anytime there’s a big battle in King’s Landing, you can always expect wildfire to be a part of it and Dany’s invasion of the city in episode 5, “The Bells,” is n

Ryse: Son of Rome was probably the last video game Crytek made that people actually heard of or cared about. That’s not to say that things were peachy-keen up to the point Ryse, a third-person action-adventure, finally launched. A major difference is that Codename: Kingdoms was a first-person hack and slash, whereas Ryse was a third-person adventure. Rumors at the time suggested that Microsoft and Crytek disagreed over who would own the Ryse franchise, which Yerli denied. Whatever the case, the

The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones airs on Sunday and we’re expecting an epic showdown. Game of Thrones episode 4 mini recap: The Last of the StarksThe first half of this episode was, frankly, extremely horny. Jaime follows her and they consummate their relationship in an uncharacteristically tender love scene (for Game of Thrones). Here’s all the ways to watch Game of Thrones, whether directly from HBO or as a streaming service add-on. HBO NowCord cutters can still watch HBO on the netw

So you just watched Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. Never fear though, Polygon’s passionate Pokémon fans are here to help you solve the mystery of Detective Pikachu. note: This post contains major spoilers for Detective Pikachu]The “Detective Pikachu is actually Ryan Reynolds” twist makes sense how exactly? Ryan Reynolds, who voices “Detective Pikachu,” appears in the final scene in the flesh, revealed as Tim’s estranged father. He gets his flesh vehicle, but a fight with Detective Pikachu cuts the

Specifically, how much killing do we really want our superheroes, particularly the big-screen superheroes currently appearing in the world’s most popular movies, to be doing? Hawkeye and Black Widow both have shadowy black-ops deeds in their past, but their service in the Avengers is at least partly about finding redemption. Avengers: Endgame raises the question of whether Hawkeye can find a way to return to those norms. But it’s also reminiscent of Grant Morrison’s run writing DC Comics’ Animal

The bulk of action in Detective Pikachu takes place in Ryme City, a location new to the Pokémon world, where battles are banned and Pokémon live alongside their human counterparts. Some directly work as partners, such as our lovable Detective Pikachu and Tim’s father Harry, while other Pokémon seem to contribute to society on their own terms. The Police StationA big source of Pokémon jobs appears to be the Ryme City police station. Mime that Tim and Detective Pikachu confront is the same Mr. Pok

This week, Sony announced two new VR headsets, Humble launched its spring sale, and Microsoft offered an add-on sale, discounting a bunch of DLC and in-game currency. If you don’t mind a refurbished console, Switch consoles are $25 off at Nintendo’s own eBay storefront. You’ll probably need to add some extra storage to that Switch, though — the internal memory is only 32 GB. Finally, Fanatical is offering a 20 percent discount on PC pre-orders of Rage 2 with code RAGE2SAVE20. Join us on Twitter

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The answer, after years and years of development, was this week’s Detective Pikachu. The final 20 minutes of Detective Pikachu twist and turn like a fantastical Usual Suspects. Yes, not only does Detective Pikachu talk, there’s a whole person inside that little critter body. Can father-son relationships evolve?”Reynolds’ appearance in Detective Pikachu is a bombshell, but it’s also concrete: Ryme City is safe, Tim and his dad reconnect, and Pikachu is Pikachu again. Unlike most blockbusters of l

The Detective Pikachu movie, on the other hand, makes such good use of Ditto’s powers that I literally yelled in the movie theater as the moment was unfolding. Note: This post contains spoilers for Detective Pikachu.] Fortunately, the people making the Detective Pikachu movie knew better than to leave such a juicy ability on the cutting room floor. “From early on, that was a perfect twist and reveal moment, just built into a Pokemon.”It’s not just that Ditto made for a good sleight of hand in De

The hidden door has a scroll hanging over it. There’s a hidden door on the back wall between the two suits of armor. Kongo > Bell Demon’s Temple Sculptor’s Idol (after a lot of climbing). Mibu VillageThe final hidden door is a strange one. Head to the left side to find the hidden door in the floor of the house.

Bungie recently revealed that Destiny 2: Season of Opulence will go live on June 4. While many of the activities remain a mystery, the studio did drop some important information regarding Destiny 2’s newest raid. Bungie also revealed the recommended Power Level for day one players to compete. Based on the teaser image Bungie paired with the announcement, it looks like Season of Opulence and the new raid will indeed take place on The Leviathan — the same location as Destiny 2’s first raid. All of