Scream Is At Its Best When It Stays In Woodsboro

Sidney Prescott’s hometown of Woodsboro, California is the perfect setting for theScreamfranchise. When fans first meet Neve Campbell’s beloved character in the original 1996 movie, she is doing her best to live a normal teenage life with her friends and boyfriend while dealing with the murder of her mother Maureen. Sidney seems to enjoy living in her small town as it’s a sweet place with a town square, mom and pop shops, a great video store, and a peaceful vibe....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 758 words · Steve Santiago

Shadow Hearts Trademark Renewed

There are likely many gamers who have never heard of theShadow Heartsseries. Serving as a spin-off follow-up to the PS1 RPGKoudelka, the first entry of the series gained a cult following, with its sequelShadow Hearts: Covenantgaining more widespread popularity. Unfortunately, theShadow Heartsseries has been largely inaccessible to new gamers and those who no longer own a PlayStation 2, as theRPG is stuck on the PS2. It hasn’t been ported or remade, but now a trademark has been filed for the series, sparking hope that gamers will get a chance to play it....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Gary Armstrong

Sims 4: Cool Kitchen Stuff

The Sims 4has an extensive collection of expansion packs that complement the base game with a wide range of unique skills and activities. The Cool Kitchen Stuff pack adds tons of new items to Build Mod and Create-a-Sim. It even includes an unexpected item that will smitten any cooking aficionado. RELATED:The Sims 4: Perfect Patio Stuff Complete Guide This guide will tell players everything they need to know aboutThe Sims 4’s Cool Kitchen Stuff pack before they commit to it and make a purchase....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Joseph Gutierrez

Star Trek: Christine Chapel and Spock's Romance, Explained

Summary Star Trekis a universe brimming with iconic relationships, from thebromance of Kirk and Spockto the enduring romance between Riker and Troi. However, one of the most overlooked, yet most intriguing, love stories in the saga revolves around Nurse Christine Chapel and the enigmatic Spock. Chapel was the first character to openly show romantic feelings for Spock. In the 1960s, Chapel’s affection for Spock was a source of comedic relief, given Spock’s perceived lack of emotions....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 850 words · Terri Allen

Stray: Every Energy Drink Can (& Where to Find Them)

Like manyvideo games that take place in a grim post-apocalyptic future, traditional currencies like dollars and yen are completely worthless inStray. The game instead uses Energy Drink Cans as a crude form of currency, which can be traded for special items at the marketplace in the slums. Unfortunately, however, it’s not immediately obvious how to find Energy Drink Cans inStray. RELATED:Stray: How to Open the Safe in the Slums Rather than foraging through trash piles or heading to the local bar, players will instead need to find special vending machines to get cans....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Miranda Welch

Telltale Games' The Expanse

The Expanse: A Telltale Seriesis a prequel to asci-fi show namedThe Expanseon Amazon Prime, featuring a new cast of characters with events that connect to the TV show but work as a standalone game, so players don’t need prior knowledge of the books or the series.Telltale’sThe Expanseis a bigger game than many of the studio’s other works. The game features salvage and data logs to collect to earn trophies. This guide will help playersfind all ofThe Expanse Episode One’s salvagein the smoothest and fastest way possible without getting lost floating around in space....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Lisa Brown

The Outer Worlds 2 Has a Lot More to Explore with N-Rays

Just a short while ago, Private Division launchedThe Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Editionon new-gen systems for fans interested in giving Obsidian Entertainment’s futuristic space RPG another look. However, Obsidian’s sequel might be where the series really starts to open up technically.The Outer Worlds 2has a high probability of being the series' move to a wider AAA scope, having the support ofXbox Game Studiosto develop the IP further with all its original sci-fi elements intact – N-Rays being one such curiosity....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · Wanda Warren

The Sims 4 Releases Update Ahead of New DLC Launch

Summary AnotherThe Sims 4update reached the PC and console versions of the game on April 16. The new build is primarily geared toward polishing the Hit Life sim and packs nearly two dozen changes that resolve some annoyingThe Sims 4bugs and other issues. The Maxis-made game has received 15 expansions and more than 60 smaller DLC packs since hitting the digital and physical store shelves in 2014. Each individual piece of its post-launch content has always been immediately preceded by a bug-fixing update, which would usually roll out a couple of days ahead of whatever kit or expansion was scheduled to release next....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 591 words · Cynthia Logan

This Live-Action/Animation Cross-Over Was Shockingly Smart

In this age of filmmaking driven heavily by intellectual property, studios are always trying to find new spins on age-old media. One method that has somewhat fallen out of favor is taking classic cartoon characters and putting them into cross-overs that draw attention to their animated origins. When most people think of ananimated/live-action cross-over, they think of 1988’sWho Framed Roger Rabbit. That masterful classic was as heavily praised for the then-groundbreaking technique as it was for its stellar storytelling, but later attempts at the format were much more hit or miss....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 822 words · Donald Howe

Vampire Survivors: How To Evolve Cherry Bomb Into Yatta Daikarin

The Cherry Bomb is easilyone of the best weaponsinVampire Survivors. It is arguably in the top five. This weapon combines the effects of two weapons into one, with one of those two being an evolved weapon. The Cherry Bomb bounces off enemies and solid surfaces like the Bone but then has a chance of exploding when the duration expires like NO FUTURE. RELATED:The Best Games To Play If You Love Pixel Art...

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Michael Richardson

Various Bethesda Games Are Facing Outages

The gaming community has been reporting issues with variousBethesdagames today, and the gaming behemoth has since responded. Players have shared that they cannot log intoFallout 76, are having issues withFallout 4mods, and cannot enjoy the likes ofThe Elder Scrolls 5: SkyrimorDOOM Eternal. According toBethesdasupport, multiple games were affected by outages today. Video game server outagescan be very disheartening. It is quite obnoxious to expect to be enjoying a gaming session after a long day of work or with friends over the weekend only to be halted by servers that have crashed....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Theresa Cobb

Xbox 360 Franchises That Ended In One Generation

The Xbox 360 kicked off the HD generation of consoles. While the PS3 was also HD, the Wii was not. It, along with another Nintendo platform, the DS, all count as a part of this generation of consoles that lasted almost a decade. It was a game changer with the rise of downloadable games as well as motion controllers. RELATED:Xbox 360 Games Turning 10 In 2022 (That You Should Replay)...

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 871 words · Andrew Alexander

343 Working on Fix for New Halo: The Master Chief Collection Issues

BeforeHalo: Infinite’s arrival, developer 343 Industries is taking fans back through the series' history. Since its PC release in December 2019,Halo: The Master Chief Collectionhas broughtall of Master Chief’s campaigns together.However, the challenge of compiling a large number of games has led to some glitches surfacing. When 343releasedHalo 2: Anniversary Editionto excited playersofThe Master Chief Collection,the developer warned that its latest update might create several bugs. While players are currently struggling with the issues, 343 does have a plan....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Sheryl Fowler