Modders have done weird and wonderful things to some of our favorite games, but the Super Mario 64 mods below are next level. When a player feels like something is missing from a game, or feels like they have been waiting for an update or a fix, it can be incredibly frustrating. That’s why modders often take matters into their own hands. The thing is, modding has become so much more than just fixing long-standing issues....
Jennifer Coolidge is a testament to what great talent, confidence, charisma, and wit can bring to the table in Hollywood. The entertainment industry has a long, tired history of misogyny and mistreatment of women, particularly older actresses, but Coolidge has defied the odds by continuing to shine into her 50s and 60s. Coolidge’s immense comedic skills have broken the mold for decades now. Jennifer Coolidge’s most famous role is arguably her iconic portrayal of Stifler’s Mom in the cult classic American Pie films....
Jump Force has a huge roster featuring some of the most recognizable characters in anime history, including Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece, Goku from Dragon Ball, and Naruto. While Jump Force’s launch roster is plenty impressive, the game is expanding in May with its first batch of DLC characters, including the recently revealed All Might from My Hero Academia. Bandai Namco has officially announced All Might for Jump Force. All Might’s addition to the Jump Force roster seems to prove prior speculation that the game’s DLC would largely look to better-represent anime series that only have one character in the game so far, as the first DLC character is Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh!...
It’s been almost four decades since the first ever Star Wars game, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600, was released. Over those 38 years, there have been over a hundred titles set in the universe, both move tie-ins and standalone games. Not all were successes, but a handful have been recognized as excellent games in their own right, rather than just Star Wars tie-ins. One of these titles is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, which impressed fans and critics alike with its unique setting and well-written narrative....
In an unfortunate announcement during today’s Gamescom: Opening Night Live event, the livestream confirmed the recent rumored delay of the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga until 2021. Though the Star Wars franchise saw great success with the original three episodes, beginning one of the largest pop-culture followings that the world has ever seen, the LEGO Star Wars series garnered a large fanbase of its own, leaving many fans awaiting the next installment of the video game series....
The Mandalorian actress Ming-Na Wen is obsessed with her new LEGO Star Wars set with a Minifigure of her character Fennec Shand. “Ming-Na Wen means a lot to my generation. She was our Mulan, she is Agent May in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now she’s bringing Fennec Shand to life in the world of Star Wars. As a fellow Pittsburghian, Ming-Na Wen has been an icon in my life for as long as I can remember, so seeing her shine in The Mandalorian and the upcoming Book of Boba Fett is incredible!...
Actor Ray Stevenson has joined the cast of the Star Wars Ahsoka series as an Admiral of some sort but isn’t playing Grand Admiral Thrawn. “It looks like we’re finally getting some more details about the Rosario Dawson-led Ahsoka series, scant though they may be. In the latest casting news, we learn that Ray Stevenson, known for playing Volstagg in the Thor movies, has been announced as a villain in the series....
Loop Hero seems like a simple game, but when players first dive into this fun auto battler, there is a lot to learn. From the various types of monsters they will be facing to unlocking the different classes, there will be lots of nuances that players will need to pick up on to fully understand what is happening. One confusing aspect of Loop Hero for new players is how they manage the items they will pick up on their runs....
There’s already been plenty of Lucasfilm-related video-game announcements in the past two days alone, whether it’s Bethesda’s Indiana Jones with the Wolfenstein developers, or the upcoming, open-world Ubisoft Star Wars title. However, Vice President Douglas Reilly revealed, “We’ve got a lot of stuff we’re ready to start sharing with fans.” Star Wars 1313 might not be coming back, but it seems as though there will be plenty on offer to satiate fans’ desires, as Reilly added, “This is really the culmination of years of preparing to come out and say ‘we’re here, we’ve got a team of people, we’re going to make a lot of great games, and here are some new things you weren’t expecting from us to do that we’re now starting to do....
Madden 21, like it does every year, has served as a nice distraction as fans waited for the real NFL season to start. Fans are divided on the implementation and focus on the Ultimate Team mode since its inception, but it’s alive and thriving better than ever. The mode allows users to build their dream NFL rosters and can acquire players from throughout the league’s history as well as currently active superstars....
As Manifest prepares to air its fourth and final season on Netflix, longtime fans know that there are a lot of questions still to be answered in the twenty episodes that remain. Will the divine nature of the callings ever truly be known? Is there a scientific explanation behind the dark lightning and the time jumps? Is the death date avoidable, or is it even real? We asked the cast members, as fans of their own show, what their favorite long-held mysteries were now that they know what audiences are about to discover....
Contains major spoilers for Marcella season two. Obviously, obviously Marcella should not have been welcomed back to work after the events of season one. That’s a given. Investigating your husband’s mistress’ murder while being unable to rule out the possibility that it was you who’d killed her? Not optimum police work. Using insider access to destroy CCTV evidence showing that, in a fugue state, you’d taken said mistress’ corpse from the murder scene and buried it in the woods?...
The road to the release of Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers was not only a long one but also a tremendously rocky one. The first official announcement regarding the game was made at E3 2019, but its release didn’t come for well over a year after that. The E3 reveal trailer was not received well, leading to a retooling of character designs. The next controversy was that the game was live service, not the kind of experience fans were expecting....
With What If…? still in the middle of streaming on Disney+, it’s never too early to start thinking about MCU Christmas, and the first Hawkeye trailer has arrived to let us get a feel of that expensive present way ahead of time, even as Marvel continues to add the bows (sorry) and trimmings to Clint Barton’s upcoming TV series behind the scenes. Starring Jeremy Renner reprising his role as Barton/Hawkeye and introducing Hailee Steinfeld to the MCU as his eager archery prodigy Kate Bishop, Hawkeye also boasts a supporting cast that features Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James, and Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez (aka Echo)....
The Mass Effect remastered trilogy arrives in Spring 2021. Until then, many fans are revisiting the lore of Mass Effect and other alien or space games, as well. As with Dragon Age 4, fans are poring over the games and other media for hints about future titles. There are many areas to dig up lore in Mass Effect, from religions to wars between past species and the history of the Reapers themselves....
If you’re still wondering what the inside of Matt Hancock’s office looks like, then step inside this version that wouldn’t look out of place in Duke Nukem 3D. More than a year in, it’s getting hard to keep track of all the pandemic-related scandals to have happened in the UK so far. The latest took the form of Matt Hancock getting caught on camera getting a little too comfortable with his assistant....
MDK came out way back in 1997. It was one of the few games that could run at a constant 30fps, and featured 3D animation that was far ahead of its competitors. In fact, the developers made their own programming language, and were one of the first companies to use motion capture technology for their games. The Game MDK is a third-person sci-fi shooter that had incredible 3D graphics and a run and gun playstyle....
Although eFootball PES 2021 Season Update will be only be a roster update to the existing PES 2020 game, Konami has managed to score some of soccer’s biggest names to be featured as cover stars. This year, the legends of FC Barcelona’s (as of this time of writing) Lionel Messi and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo will appear alongside the rising stars of Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford....
Easily the biggest surprise during today’s Nintendo Direct–and maybe even for all of E3–was the announcement of Metroid Dread. The first new 2D Metroid game in almost two decades, Metroid Dread sends Samus on her most deadly mission yet where she’ll face off against the impervious hunter-killer robot, EMMI. Besides the surprise announcement and release date (October 8, btw), Metroid creator Nintendo Direct also gave some cryptic remarks as to Metroid Dread’s story during the Nintendo Treehouse gameplay livestream....
Video games aren’t usually considered a serious business - that is until you start launching lawsuits. For most the idea of taking some of the industry’s biggest names seems preposterous, as most of these companies have law departments large enough to swat away all but the most persistent claims of wrongdoing. Yet at the present time there are a number of lawsuits passing through the American justice system involving many of the industry’s biggest brands....
