One of the most storied match ups in Worlds history is back again, as SK telecom T1 take on Royal Never Give Up for the third time on the World’s stage, in the semifinals on Saturday morning. Despite the fact that they left the group with a 5-1 record, it would be hard to call SK Telecom impressive during the Group Stage. In fact, they barely managed to win three of those games, with the decision coming down to one key mistake from the opposition. Royal Never Give Up, on the other hand, has look

[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Stranger Things 2.] Actor Dacre Montgomery wasn’t worried about taking on the role of Billy, Stranger Things 2’s new abusive town bully. He also has Stranger Things 2’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, making sure his character isn’t just a one-note jerk. While the Duffer Brothers said they have a plan for how the series would end — or at least how long Stranger Things will be — a lot of details are still up in the air. He gets his comeuppance at th

In the final quarterfinal match of the 2017 World Championship, Cloud9 will take on Team WE for a place as one of the four best teams in the world. Cloud9 represent North America’s last hope at this tournament. The team had a strong performance in group stages — even if they did lose two games in the dreaded, NA week two — making both SK telecom T1 games look close and advancing past the number one Chinese seed, Edward Gaming. The series will be a best of five and is scheduled to begin at 4:00 a

Now, in the third series, China’s Royal Never Give Up will take on Europe’s Fnatic, in another instance of an underdog taking on one of the tournament’s top teams. For Fnatic, the Group Stage was a little more complicated. After a horrendous 0-3 showing in the first week, Fnatic fought back, through two tiebreaker games, to escape the group with a 4-4 record after week two. But upsets are starting to feel more and more likely as this tournament progresses, so maybe Fnatic’s miracle run isn’t qui

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. In Destiny 2, he’s back, and he can now appear all over the map. This scales to your player’s power level, so make sure you’re buying Xur exotics on your highest level character. Xur has already sold Raiden Flux, but if you enjoy the Arcstrider class and don’t have this yet, it’s definitely worth picking up. Winter’s Guile may seem underwhelming at first glance, but if you enjoy playing a Devour Voidwalker, the

After day 1 of the quarterfinals gave us the biggest upset of the 2017 World Championship so far, day 2 sets the stage for one that would be even more shocking, as defending world champions SK telecom T1 take on European LCS number two seed, Misfits Gaming. For SKT, this has been far and away the weakest they have looked since the team’s first World Championship in 2013. But Misfits Gaming is a team uniquely qualified to beating a weaker SK telecom. More importantly though, Misfits has made a na

Beyond The Summit, a community-favorite Dota 2-centric production company has set up a Patch Countdown stream, live at the time of writing, hitting Peak Pre-Patch (or late-patch?) According to the timer, the patch would be released around 7 PM ET (or 4 PM Valve Local Time), which aligns with Valve’s recent, absolutely-not-east-coast-work-hours-friendly releases. Including that time this article’s author was at a movie when talent was released for TI7. Thursday and Fridays also align pretty well

With the Group Stage of the 2017 World Championship over, it’s finally time to move on to the Knockout Stage which kicks off with Longzhu Gaming vs Samsung Galaxy. For Longzhu this tournament has been a breeze so far. They flew through their Group Stage, after coming in as the number one seed, and finished the group with no losses and without ever really being challenged. Despite coming into the tournament with the same roster that took second place at Worlds last year, they look like a complete

Gundam Versus is about the thrill of gliding, feather-light, in a machine the size of an apartment building. You don’t need to know a thing about Gundam for Gundam Versus to work its magic. Though Gundam Versus ships with more action figures in its toybox than one person reasonably needs, it’s also looking to bleed Gundam fans dry $5 at a time. Wrap-UpEven non-Gundam fans can enjoy Gundam Versus’ well-crafted gameplayGundam Versus has really cut into my fighting game time. Much more than a licen

Visceral’s Star Wars project represented a huge sunk cost for EAEA’s decision to “pivot” Visceral’s Star Wars project remains remarkable because of the existing investment, however. It sounded like the Visceral title was intended to be Star Wars à la Uncharted. And perhaps it didn’t help that the publisher is also funding Respawn’s Star Wars project, which is a third-person action-adventure title. Streaming is killing the linear single-player campaign starStory-based single-player games are also

There is a 99.9 percent chance that Superman is in Justice League, but that .01 percent chance of uncertainty is what Warner Bros. has based its entire marketing plan around. A new poster for Justice League, seen below, brings most of the superhero team together. After Variety reported that Cavill was sporting a mustache in the Justice League reshoots, leading to pandemonium online, Cavill took to Instagram to talk about it. It’s not the only time Cavill has talked about Justice League and made

To best define “internet content,” the term internet needs to be redefined. Netflix views “internet content” as shows or movies that require an internet connection. Vine redefined what internet culture was and, in doing so, helped audiences understand what type of internet content they were consuming. Without the ability to share, videos can’t be considered “internet content.” Internet content is, by definition, something that is engaged with and added on to by audiences who exist online. Netfli

To best define “internet content,” the term internet needs to be redefined. Netflix views “internet content” as shows or movies that require an internet connection. Vine redefined what internet culture was and, in doing so, helped audiences understand what type of internet content they were consuming. Without the ability to share, videos can’t be considered “internet content.” Internet content is, by definition, something that is engaged with and added on to by audiences who exist online. Netfli

You thought he’d hung up his pacifist mantle for good. But Raandyy the Gnome, star of our PeaceCraft series, logged back into World of Warcraft this past weekend to take part in The Great Gnomeregan Run. This limited-time event is a celebration of the same type of odyssey that Raandyy participated in earlier this year — so, of course, Raandyy had to come back for a bonus episode to show all these whippersnappers how it’s done. You can watch the results of Raandyy’s stab at the Gnomeregan Run abo

Rick and Morty’s co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland have created an entirely new scene for the show … kind of. The result is a pretty funny scene involving Rick, Morty and Mr. Poopybutthole. The scene starts with Morty wanting to drink from Rick’s flask and devolves into chaos from there. Harmon makes a few notable jokes, like “confirming” that Mr. Poopybutthole is a canonical, adult version of Meeseeks. Rick and Morty came into the spotlight recently after McDonald’s attempted to bring

Rick and Morty’s co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland have created an entirely new scene for the show … kind of. The result is a pretty funny scene involving Rick, Morty and Mr. Poopybutthole. The scene starts with Morty wanting to drink from Rick’s flask and devolves into chaos from there. Harmon makes a few notable jokes, like “confirming” that Mr. Poopybutthole is a canonical, adult version of Meeseeks. Rick and Morty came into the spotlight recently after McDonald’s attempted to bring

A major comics talent is making his Marvel Comics debut very soon. Next month’s Squirrel Girl #26 will feature a series of Galactus and the Silver Surfer strips from Jim Davis, the creator of everybody’s favorite depressed cat, Garfield. “In this special standalone issue, Squirrel Girl has convinced, cajoled, and otherwise induced her friends in the Marvel Universe to make comics of their own! This, Squirrel Girl #26 says, is the kind of comic Galactus would make, if he made comics, instead of,

Star Trek: Discovery doesn’t have to abide by the same rules as other traditional network shows, and that means Discovery can go where no Star Trek has gone before. Star Trek showrunners in the past haven’t been adverse to fitting in various curses. Producer Aaron Harberts told Entertainment Weekly that things like nudity and streaming still feel weird for Star Trek as a brand. “Every writer’s impulse when you get to work on the streaming shows with no parameters is to go crazy,” Harberts said.

Star Trek: Discovery doesn’t have to abide by the same rules as other traditional network shows, and that means Discovery can go where no Star Trek has gone before. Star Trek showrunners in the past haven’t been adverse to fitting in various curses. Producer Aaron Harberts told Entertainment Weekly that things like nudity and streaming still feel weird for Star Trek as a brand. “Every writer’s impulse when you get to work on the streaming shows with no parameters is to go crazy,” Harberts said.

You thought he’d hung up his pacifist mantle for good. But Raandyy the Gnome, star of our PeaceCraft series, logged back into World of Warcraft this past weekend to take part in The Great Gnomeregan Run. This limited-time event is a celebration of the same type of odyssey that Raandyy participated in earlier this year — so, of course, Raandyy had to come back for a bonus episode to show all these whippersnappers how it’s done. You can watch the results of Raandyy’s stab at the Gnomeregan Run abo