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In competitive shooter games likeApex Legends, serious players often use any technique and tool necessary to get an advantage. The best players make the most of the game’s dynamic movement to slip and slide away from their enemies’ crosshairs during firefights. One movement technique that continues to polarize theApex Legendscommunity is tap strafing, which lets players do a fast hairpin turn while air strafing. This mechanic shows the complicated relationship between difficult techniques and competitive multiplayer games....

Best Light Cone Back to All Characters Aglaea is the first 5-star limited Remembrance character inHonkai: Star Rail. She’s a damage dealer who is effective against multiple enemies, but given her innate SPD and action advance mechanics, she’s not too shabby against single targets either. Still, she’ll need a good build before she can start churning out big numbers. Building Aglaea is more or less the same asother members of theHSRcast....

Summary Baldur’s Gate 3is an RPG that many are already enjoying through the mass amount of content that is available in the game through the multiple patches it has received. However, some fans have taken it into their own hands to add content toBaldur’s Gate 3through various modsthat have been created. SinceBG3has mod support, these mods are a lot easier to add, with them fulfilling all sorts of wants. Animations are one aspect ofBaldur’s Gate 3that players have enjoyed modding, as it has allowed them to not only fix certain peculiar facial animations of some characters but also change some of the idle animations for both the player’s character and their companions....

Summary With David Lynch’s passing, cinema has lost one of itsmost unique artists and beloved figures. His movies were renowned for their surrealist imagery, humor, and disturbing atmosphere. While sometimes obscure in meaning, his movies never failed to engage. They confronted the fantasy of Americana and uncovered a sinister side of the American dream. Few Hollywood directors have enjoyed as much freedom as David Lynch. His creative vision has produced numerous classics that will confuse, terrify, and intrigue audiences for years to come....

Summary JRPGs are renowned for their engaging narratives andrichly detailed worlds, often presented through linear stories. This linear format directs players along pre-defined paths, prioritizing the advancement of the main plot. While effective for telling complex stories, this approach can limit the sense of freedom in exploring the vast landscapes carefully crafted by the genre. Although many titles in the genre follow such a structure, there are the best JRPGs with non-linear exploration....

Summary There are a lot ofsupport gems inPath of Exile 2, and by the time players get to the end game and start seeing tier 3 support gems, they likely already have a whole host of slotted supports they like. If players want to work outside the limited suggested gems system, then by this point they have hundreds of support gem options. The third tier ofsupport gemsopens up 57 new options....

Summary TheNot So Berry Challengeis a colorful legacy challenge forThe Sims 4that encourages players to explore various careers, skills, and personality traits across ten unique generations, each represented by a different color theme. While the base game and expansion packs provide plenty of tools to complete the challenge, mods can elevate the experience by adding depth, realism, and storytelling potential. From enhancing relationships and pregnancies to overhauling careers and traits, these mods allow players to tailor their Sims’ lives to meet the challenge’s requirements while adding their own creative flair....

Everybody loves an underdog. Playing a game that sees an underdog fight their way through the toughest challenges to end up on top is inspiring. Maybe with enough determination and persistence, the player can also rise above their station in life like the protagonists of theopen-worldgames below. Considering that games mostly focus on violence, people should not take the actions of these characters as literal inspiration. However, one can still take a lot from the stories....

Summary Considering the hard-as-nails difficulty that has become synonymous with the FromSoftware-inspired Soulslike genre, the concept of easy bosses in such a title comes across as a little counter-intuitive. However, with more casual-audience intended titles implementing many of the tropes and mechanics FromSoftware has defined, the creation of more entry-level challenges has been necessary. From Metroidvania-inspired Soulslikes implementing popular licensed properties to action platformers that incorporate the Soulslike system of level progression and boss style, the expanse of the Soulborne-inspired genre has ensured a lineup of boss fights that are unbecomingly easy to defeat....

Summary Call of Duty: Black Ops 6developer Treyarch Studios confirms that the upcoming Season 2 update will finally fix the annoying Master Prestige bug, which was repeatedly presenting players with a congratulations page after every match. Season 2 ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 6andWarzonewill be released for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC later today, January 28, bringing plenty of new content and bug fixes to both titles. WithSeason 2 ofBlack Ops 6andWarzonejust a matter of hours away, fans will soon be able to jump into a plethora of new content....

TheCivilization 7launch date is right around the corner, and fans are eager toget back into the celebrated strategy serieswith this highly anticipated next entry. Depending on whichCiv 7edition you purchase, or which Time Zone you live in, you may be able to playCiv 7earlier than the announced release date. Civ 7has an Advanced Access release date and a standard release date, and though it isset to launch on all platforms, it will only launch at the same time on PC....

Developing a build earlier in action RPGs could be quite confusing, as the player sees a lot of options and is not sure which one of them will come in handy later in the game. The more the player makes progress, the more they realize which abilities could actually help with a mass number of enemies or bosses. That’s whyrespecis a crucial feature in most ARPGs, which allows players to take back all their upgrade points and invest them in the correct skills and abilities that would help to get rid of enemies easier....

Summary Pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing meaningful patterns, such as faces, where they might not be. As Greg Rienzi discusses inhis article for Johns Hopkins University magazine: As humans, we’re hardwired to discern such recognizable and often meaningful patterns […] We see the face of an old man in the knots of a tree, the shape of an animal in the clouds, the man on the moon. Very simply, it is thought that pareidolia kept prehistoric humans on alert and on guard, improving theirchances of survival....