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The Best (And Worst) Video Game Names Of 2022

Image: Shutterstock / Image Square Enix / XSEED / Kotaku / durantelallera (Shutterstock) The line between an amazing video game name and a terrible one is nebulous. Some game names try so hard that they loop back around and become good, despite being objectively bad. Some game names are good only in that they use

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Movie Reviews

Bending History: Marie Kreutzer on Corsage | Interviews

George MacDonald’s The Light Princess book is a big theme throughout the film. I found that story and the various iterations really fascinating. I love how you integrated it into the film. There was one line of that book that I had written down somewhere. I kept a notebook where I would just write down sentences

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Gaming

20 Years Ago, Sonic Advance 2 Perfected Sega’s Beloved Series

“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” –Hunter S. Thompson In much the same way that ancient peoples looked up at the night sky and imagined other worlds, the first video game developers looked at a thingy on a screen and imagined it moving really fast. Who could blame them?

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Movie Reviews

Happy 2023 from Chaz Ebert and All of Us at RogerEbert.com! | Chaz’s Journal

As we embark on 2023, I’d like to take a moment to look back at 2022. In January, we returned to the Sundance Film Festival, publishing dispatches from our editors Brian Tallerico and Nick Allen as well as our contributors Marya Gates, Robert Daniels and Isaac Feldberg. In February, Barbara Scharres brought us highlights from the Rotterdam International Film Festival, while our annual Women Writers Week was

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Omaha Family Fun

Frosty Fun in Omaha: Winter Activities to Warm Up Your Heart

Omaha, Nebraska is a great place to visit during the wintertime, with a variety of activities that are perfect for the whole family. From outdoor adventures to indoor entertainment, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Here are some of the best things to do in Omaha during the winter: Sledding and tubing: With its rolling

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Gaming

Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series S/X Is Sorta Easier 2 Years Later

After two years on the market, you’d probably think scooping up a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X would be simpler by now. Sure, there’s the semiconductor shortage the world is still contending with and a supply-chain bottleneck that’s expected to last until 2023 (if not 2024 according to some estimates). But, as Sony Interactive

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Gaming

The 18 Best Cozy Games That Feel Like A Warm Blanket

Screenshot: That’s Nice Games Try to imagine something cozier than wearing a big snuggly Christmas jumper, there’s a fire roaring, and you’re calmly and methodically placing in pieces of a lovely 1,000 piece jigsaw. It’s the holiday idyll, you can practically see the first few flakes of snow falling out the frosted windows, as a

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Gaming

Our Favorite Childhood Holiday Gifts, Video Game Edition

Space Quest IV: Carolyn Petit and the Time RippersScreenshot: Sierra Entertainment It must have been Christmas of 1991 that I found Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers under the tree, and got the gift of seeing exciting new possibilities in games. I was a fan of adventure games, sure, having played a

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Gaming

12 Best Games To Play With Your Kids This Christmas Holiday

PC, Switch, iOS Another one aimed at older kids, Nuts is the bonkers combination of Firewatch and…squirrel conspiracy theories? In this one, you set up cameras to observe the behavior of squirrels in Melmoth Forest, and start discovering some very odd stuff. This develops into a story about the effect corporations have on the environment,

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