One such secret that players are chasing is the return of Sleeper Simulant, an exotic fusion rifle from Destiny’s Taken King expansion. Thanks to some Warmind screenshots that Bungie released yesterday, Destiny players and YouTubers are convinced that Sleeper Simulant will return in the new expansion. But the community’s first look at what is likely the Destiny 2 Sleeper Simulant comes from the Warlock in the background. Linear fusion rifles — fusion rifles that fire in a straight line — are new

One such legendary, a Shaman card called Shudderwock, has been plaguing players for the past two weeks. But Jesse Hill, a Hearthstone community manager, took to the forums to announce that Shudderwock would be getting a quality of life change in an upcoming patch. “In addition, the amount of Battlecries Shudderwock can reproduce will be capped at 20.”While frustrating, Shudderwock isn’t overpowered, per se. Since Battlecries cause effects the moment a card is summoned, if you build correctly aro

It appears that the Long Night for Game of Thrones fans won’t be coming to an end anytime soon, as author George R.R. Martin confirmed today that the latest book in his Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter, will not be released in 2018. Martin confirmed on his website that the sixth book won’t be released this year. You’re going to have to keep waiting for THE WINDS OF WINTER,” Martin wrote. But Martin’s post also contained some good news for readers who can’t get enough of Westeros,

This week on The History of Fun, we are delving into the wild history of Neopets, from its British origins to its surprise takeover by high-ranking Scientology members and the eventual collapse. were you ever big into NEOPETS? tell me and you may be featured on @TheHistoryOfFun :3 — allegra frank (@LegsFrank) April 12, 2018Enjoying The History of Fun? New to The History of Fun? Every Monday, Russ Frushtick, Allegra Frank and Chris Plante explore the hidden backstories behind the things we love t

This week on The History of Fun, we are delving into the wild history of Neopets, from its British origins to its surprise takeover by high-ranking Scientology members and the eventual collapse. were you ever big into NEOPETS? tell me and you may be featured on @TheHistoryOfFun :3 — allegra frank (@LegsFrank) April 12, 2018Enjoying The History of Fun? New to The History of Fun? Every Monday, Russ Frushtick, Allegra Frank and Chris Plante explore the hidden backstories behind the things we love t

That backlash started earlier this month, when comedian Hari Kondabolu called on The Simpsons to address the impact the character has on South Asian-Americans. Apu’s portrayal, which Kondabolu sees as both stereotypical and damaging, was used as the key example in his November 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu. Part of that requires having a more inclusive writers’ room, Azaria said; The Simpsons currently lacks any writers of South Asian descent. “I’m perfectly willing to step aside or help

That backlash started earlier this month, when comedian Hari Kondabolu called on The Simpsons to address the impact the character has on South Asian-Americans. Apu’s portrayal, which Kondabolu sees as both stereotypical and damaging, was used as the key example in his November 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu. Part of that requires having a more inclusive writers’ room, Azaria said; The Simpsons currently lacks any writers of South Asian descent. “I’m perfectly willing to step aside or help

If you’ve been thinking of picking up a new Xbox, this might be a good time to take the plunge. For those who don’t care about sports games but still want a good Xbox deal, you can get $20 off another Xbox One enhanced game like Monster Hunter: World or Assassins Creed Origins with an Xbox purchase at Amazon. There are also some notable deals on Xbox, PS4 and Switch games this week. Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom on PS4 is at the lowest price its been since its launch last month. You can submit

If you’ve been thinking of picking up a new Xbox, this might be a good time to take the plunge. For those who don’t care about sports games but still want a good Xbox deal, you can get $20 off another Xbox One enhanced game like Monster Hunter: World or Assassins Creed Origins with an Xbox purchase at Amazon. There are also some notable deals on Xbox, PS4 and Switch games this week. Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom on PS4 is at the lowest price its been since its launch last month. You can submit

It appears that the Long Night for Game of Thrones fans won’t be coming to an end anytime soon, as author George R.R. Martin confirmed today that the latest book in his Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter, will not be released in 2018. Martin confirmed on his website that the sixth book won’t be released this year. You’re going to have to keep waiting for THE WINDS OF WINTER,” Martin wrote. But Martin’s post also contained some good news for readers who can’t get enough of Westeros,

And now we have the latest God of War, a game trying to deal with some deep feelings about parenting. “The real high concept for me was taking Clash of the Titans and merging it with Heavy Metal magazine,” David Jaffe, the director of the first God of War, said at the time. God of War was a lot of things, but it wasn’t safe. It was, for lack of a better word, mature — or at least what teenage players thought was mature. The God of War series tends to feel like it’s working hard to look and feel

Medieval ideas thrum madly throughout Apocalipsis: Harry at the End of the World, a puzzle game drawn in the style of 15th-century wood engravers such as Albrecht Dürer. Medieval artists understood horrorApocalipsis is a point-and-click puzzle game in which the hero, Harry, sets off on a Candide-like quest to rescue his beloved girlfriend. Apocalipsis is about the end of the world, and yet it’s a love story that magnifies the personal over the universal. Apocalipsis takes its cues from an often

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building for a decade to Avengers: Infinity War, the beginning of the end of the third phase of this epic comic book saga. Thanos is dead set on hunting down the six Infinity Stones to complete the Infinity Gauntlet and attain ultimate power over reality. At this point, dozens of Marvel heroes and villains have appeared in this film franchise, which will have surpassed 20 movies by May 2019, when Avengers: Infinity War’s currently untitled sequel is release

By looking at how real games punish players for failure, we can imagine how the OASIS rule set might actually work in a space populated by real gamers. It’s no longer the game that is punishing the player; the players are punishing each other. The range of things OASIS players can do far exceeds the options available in any current video game, and players can transport weapons, items and artifacts from game world to game world. OASIS doesn’t make its combat or penalties part of a game; with so m

By looking at how real games punish players for failure, we can imagine how the OASIS rule set might actually work in a space populated by real gamers. It’s no longer the game that is punishing the player; the players are punishing each other. The range of things OASIS players can do far exceeds the options available in any current video game, and players can transport weapons, items and artifacts from game world to game world. OASIS doesn’t make its combat or penalties part of a game; with so m

We won’t mince words: Avengers: Infinity War is here, and a lot of things have happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and they happened in a lot of movies over a lot of time. Starting a long time ago, in a desert far, far away …[Warning: This article contains spoilers for EVERY MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE MOVIE FROM IRON MAN THROUGH BLACK PANTHER. But by the end of the war, both Rogers and Barnes had gone missing in combat and were presumed dead. In a single week, four major events occurred

We won’t mince words: Avengers: Infinity War is here, and a lot of things have happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and they happened in a lot of movies over a lot of time. Starting a long time ago, in a desert far, far away …[Warning: This article contains spoilers for EVERY MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE MOVIE FROM IRON MAN THROUGH BLACK PANTHER. But by the end of the war, both Rogers and Barnes had gone missing in combat and were presumed dead. In a single week, four major events occurred

Captain America is a pretty popular guy these days — but that wasn’t always the case. Simply put: there was a time when convincing people that Captain America was worth your while, much less that he was cool, was a herculean effort. Shipping Captain America has become so commonplace, so widely accepted and so immediately accessible, it’s created a brand new way to talk about and relate to him both on and off the big screen. That isn’t to say that the MCU invented the idea of shipping Captain Ame

Captain America is a pretty popular guy these days — but that wasn’t always the case. Simply put: there was a time when convincing people that Captain America was worth your while, much less that he was cool, was a herculean effort. Shipping Captain America has become so commonplace, so widely accepted and so immediately accessible, it’s created a brand new way to talk about and relate to him both on and off the big screen. That isn’t to say that the MCU invented the idea of shipping Captain Ame

Sea of Thieves is, at its core, a game that encourages players to dive into the sea and experiment with its few defined rules. Which is why sloop captains around the sea have decided that enough is enough, and are teaming up. While this isn’t mandated, sloop captains are realizing that they’re at a serious deficit against galleons. At first glance, this seems to be complicated by the fact that there is no long-range communication method in Sea of Thieves. It’s like being a benevolent pirate ghos