Nicole Clark
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Help! My partner accidentally had clown sex (in Baldur’s Gate 3)
Baldur’s Gate 3 act 3 opens with a circus, in which you can get clown face paint. Unfortunately, this coincided with Shadowheart’s sex scene. She was a clown. → Read More
Starfield fans recreate spaceships from Star Wars, Mass Effect, and more
During its early access period, Starfield fans already recreated famous spaceships from Star Wars (Millennium Falcon), Mass Effect (Normandy), and Halo (Pelican). → Read More
Miley Cyrus opens up on TikTok about her grueling work schedule as a child actor
In a series of TikToks, Miley Cyrus shares her grueling work schedule as a child actor. She’s one of many Disney and Nickelodeon stars to shed light on those years. → Read More
Stardew Valley’s fishing minigame is now a Wordle-like
If you love Stardew Valley’s fishing minigame and Wordle puzzles and solutions, then you’ll love Pufferdle, a fish guessing game. → Read More
The Legend of Zelda looks perfectly campy in fan-made ’80s dark fantasy trailer
A fan made a trailer for a Legend of Zelda live-action film, edited in the style of a 1980s dark fantasy. The first Zelda game was released in 1986. → Read More
The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’
Baldur’s Gate 3 gives players endless choices for creative plays. My favorite: “barrelmancer,” a made-up class that uses incendiary barrels like dominos. → Read More
It’s time to accept save scumming as the best way to play RPGs
Even before Baldur’s Gate 3, I’ve always F5-ed my way through RPGs — particularly in Bethesda RPGs like Skyrim and narrative-driven ones like Disco Elysium. → Read More
Baldur’s Gate 3 can be your angel or your devil
Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you many options for talking your way out of — or killing your way through — NPC encounters. Here’s how we’ve handled each of these extremes. → Read More
The people refuse to decide between Barbie and Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer hit movie theaters on July 21. The TikToks and jokes are wonderfully out of control. → Read More
The best SFF books BookTok made me read
BookTok can fixate on certain books, but following a range of BookTokers has supplied great SFF recommendations like Babel, Fourth Wing, Piranesi, and the Earthsea Cycle. → Read More
Popular Fortnite streamer Tfue takes Twitch hiatus, citing exhausting grind
Turner “Tfue” Tenney, popular Fornite streamer and ex-Faze Clan member announced that he was going to ‘retire’ from streaming at age 25. He made the announcement via YouTube video. → Read More
Amouranth made a chatbot clone to outsource flirting — and protect herself
In May, Amouranth released an AI chatbot of herself that lets fans pay to send a voice note and receive a voice response from “her.” Polygon interviewed her and tried out the chatbot. → Read More
Fans are going all in on celebrating Grimace’s birthday and declaring him a gay icon
McDonald’s says it’s their purple mascot’s birthday, so it’s released a purple shake and Game Boy Color game. Fans have embraced Grimace as a Pride icon. → Read More
Fans are obsessed with Google’s Splatoon and Katamari minigames
Google search for “Katamari” or “Splatoon” will reveal mini-games that are homages to Katamari Damacy and the Splatoon series, respectively. Here’s how to play them. → Read More
Reddit’s massive ‘blackout’ protest, explained
More than 7,600 subreddits have gone dark to protest against third-party API pricing changes. Here’s why so many subreddits are currently set to private, and how long it will last. → Read More
Elden Ring completely changed how I played Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
I never beat Zelda: Breath of the Wild because enemies and combat were so intimidating. But playing Elden Ring helped me learn how to take down even the toughest of bosses in Tears of the Kingdom. → Read More
Call of Duty removes Nickmercs skin following streamer’s anti-LGBTQ tweet
Call of Duty has removed the “Nickmerc Operator” skin from its Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone stores, after the streamer and former MLG Champion made an anti-LGTBQ tweet. → Read More
Little Mermaid fans are spoofing ‘Part of Your World’ on TikTok
TikTokers are using a new filter called water surface — which creates the effect of being in a reflective pool of water — to lip sync wildly to “Part of Your World.” → Read More
Barbie movie set used so much pink paint it caused a shortage
Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie adaptation includes an impressive Dreamhouse-inspired set. It apparently used so much pink paint that it caused an international shortage of the brand’s color. → Read More
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom fan beats all four temples without Link’s paraglider
A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player beat four temples — those in the “Regional Phenomena” quest — without using Link’s paraglider. Here’s how (and why) he did it. → Read More