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Pokémon is renowned for its eclectic superpowered creatures that gamers of all ages can collect, train, battle, and trade. While Pokémon such as Girafarig are clearly inspired by real-world animals, they all have fantastic powers that obviously don’t exist in real life (unless giraffes have psychic powers they never told us about). When it comes to realistic Pokémon, though, Eevee has long stood alone. Eevee’s is a 15-pound, foot-tall creature with brown fur, long ears, a flat face, a fluffy tail, and no readily apparent fantasy traits that allude to elemental affinities....

Mad Max: Fury Road is a technical and visual marvel and considered one of the best action movies ever made. For most viewers, the spectacle alone is enough to entertain them. It takes multiple viewings and a keen ear, however, to sift out the inner workings of the world of Fury Road. Upon doing so, the dedicated watcher will learn the movie is deeper than first presumed. Mad Max: Fury Road gloriously detonated on screens in May 2015....

It should come as no surprise that Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker 2, an improved iteration of the groundwork laid by the 2015 Wii U version has sold extremely well. With the game shifting well over two million copies in just three days, it’s garnered to sort of reputation only achievable by Nintendo’s other first-party releases. But where do we go from here? This concept has clearly taken off, and the Big N, though they haven’t exactly shown an incredible amount of business sense lately, would be foolish to let the user-generated content trend end here....

The developers for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Blood and Wine DLC add an Easter egg referencing From Software’s popular action-RPG franchise Dark Souls. Now that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Blood and Wine add-on has finally released, fans of CD Projekt Red’s open world title have discovered the DLC’s expansion to be quite challenging. Taking this into consideration, it makes sense for developers to have put in a reference to Dark Souls, which is a similarly difficult action-RPG....

A Witcher is prepared for anything, but there are times in The Witcher 3 where you might realize the skills you’ve invested in aren’t quite what you need. Here’s how you can respec yourself to take on the challenge at hand. Geralt is one of, if not the, best Witchers there is in The Witcher 3, but even he can only learn so much. You’ll acquire plenty of skill points as you explore the world and take on the seemingly endless amount of quests, but some skills might look good in theory, only to turn out to be a total waste of your points....

The Witcher has quickly become one of the biggest names in media. The books have had a cult following for a long time - one that has been stifled by lengthy localisation times - but it’s only with CD Projekt Red’s game adaptation that the series really took off globally. Now, there are few people that don’t know of The Witcher, and the Netflix series brought it to a wider audience than ever....

With superheroes nowhere to be seen for such a long time, Wonder Woman 1984 was always bound to take the spotlight on Christmas day. Of course, that wasn’t the only film from an up-and-coming streaming platform to debut during the holidays, as Disney Plus also premiered Pixar’s Soul that same day. However, an update from Nielsen itself just confirmed Wonder Woman 1984 did indeed surpass the numbers put up by Soul during the holidays, with people tuning in to watch Diana Prince save the world for a whopping 2....

With the company getting ready to drop Horizon: Forbidden West, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and a God of War sequel this year, many are looking toward PlayStation to offer the biggest exclusives this year. However, Xbox already has a strong line-up of console exclusives in the works, with the company recently taking the time to showcase a whopping 30 games that will be exclusive to console players on Xbox in 2021....

Four games join the Xbox Games With Gold program in October 2016, including both Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings and The Escapists each on the Xbox One. October’s line-up of free Xbox games for Xbox Gold subscribers to download has been revealed. Another selection of four games, with at least two available for both the Xbox One and Xbox 360 respectively, will start going live on October 1. Two games, one specific to each platform, will be made available at the start of the month and remain available for 15 days....

A new round of Xbox’s Games With Gold is near, as April arrives in less than a week. The new month will introduce four new games to the Xbox Games With Gold library, free for Xbox Live subscribers to download and play at their leisure. Two Xbox One games in The Technomancer and Outcast: Second Contact, and two backward compatible titles in Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, will be made available starting on Monday, April 1....

As the launch of the Xbox Series X console nears, gamers are going to see more and more of the term “Optimized for Series X.” This is a badge Microsoft will be granting certain Xbox games that have been improved in meaningful ways for the next-gen console. In a new post on the Xbox Wire newsfeed, Microsoft explains just what the Optimized for Series X badge means and why when Xbox fans see it, it means more than just basic improvements....

The Xbox Series S Lockhart console could be announced next month, suggests a new report. There have been rumors that there will be two, next-generation Xbox consoles for some time though only the Xbox Series X has been revealed. A new report says that Microsoft is preparing to announce the Xbox Series S Lockhart very soon and that it has been created as an “entry-point” to next-generation gaming. The console will replace the Xbox One X and will be more affordable....

The launch of next-generation consoles in late 2020 has seemingly reignited the console wars between PlayStation and Xbox. It’s a much friendlier style of console war than in decades past, but there’s still a healthy competition. Sony understandably has the advantage, given it’s carrying over PlayStation 4 momentum to the PlayStation 5. However, the Xbox Series X/S are well-position compared to the Xbox One. As evidence of that, Xbox won January’s console sales in the United Kingdom....

Xbox officially severed ties with a Brazilian YouTuber who spread racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic content on social media. The announcement follows days of global protests against racial injustice and police brutality and after gaming companies like Microsoft and Sony voiced support for Black Lives Matter. On Twitter, Xbox Brazil announced that it will no longer be working with YouTuber Mil Grau, a content creator who makes videos about Xbox games and used the word “Xbox” in several of his profile names on social media....

The Last of Us Part II will be a lot easier to beat if you don’t bother talking to anyone, according to the game’s writer. The Last of Us Part II is a highly anticipated follow up to the 2013 post-apocalyptic adventure game from Naughty Dog. The Last of Us follows Joel and Ellie, a smuggler and his teenage companion, as they make their way through a world of aggressive zombies, military-dominated quarantine zones, and nomadic groups trying to survive....

What Does Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Cloud (VDI Cloud) Mean? A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) cloud is a VDI system deployed in the cloud. This is similar to Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), but there is a difference in how it is distributed. A VDI cloud is more likely privately owned by the organization, being deployed in its private cloud, rather than being employed “as a service” like DaaS is. Techopedia Explains Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Cloud (VDI Cloud) A VDI cloud is simply a VDI deployed as a cloud service....

What Does Cognitive Science Mean? Cognitive science is essentially the study of thought. It is a kind of broad-based term for studying the nature and functionality of how the brain works. However, experts have come up with more specific concrete models for what constitutes cognitive science – for instance, describing it as the intersection of psychology, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience and, last but not least, artificial intelligence. Techopedia Explains Cognitive Science Since it is so broad, cognitive science can be classified into many various sub-fields such as psychology and philosophy....

Aside from a surfeit of cars and helicopters and planes, an arsenal of assault rifles and RPGs and explosives, it’s difficult, really, to predict what’s in store for the multiplayer of Grand Theft Auto V. Okay, so we know the basic framework - the sprawling sandbox of carnage and crazy - but how has it evolved in the almost-five years(!) since Grand Theft Auto IV? What can we expect from new competitive modes or co-op missions?...

Do you feel like playing a race that shares traits with your Zodiac type? This list will teach you which races will make you feel just right. There are a lot of races in Dungeons and Dragons, and players are given total freedom to pick the one they like best to roleplay. Each of the races has a set of personality traits and traditions, but it’s up to the player to follow said set, or to create its own out of their imagination....

First announced at BlizzCon 2019, Overwatch 2 is the highly-anticipated sequel to the critically-acclaimed hero-shooter from Blizzard. An update on Overwatch 2 is expected to come at BlizzCon 2021 on February 19, but reports prior to the show indicate that there may be some bad news in store for fans. While the game was originally expected to launch in 2021, the new belief is that the Overwatch 2 relase date won’t be until some point in 2022 at the earliest....