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Peacock’s ‘Based On A True Story’ Review

Peacock’s ‘Based On A True Story’ Review

Peacock’s new extremely bingeable and devilishly addicting dark comedy thriller Based On A True Story is one best to go into blind. Don’t let anyone spoil the premise or any of the twists the series has in store. The premise set up is worth the wait as it sends the show in a direction most will find unexpected with twists and turns aplenty. The...

Creating The Look Of Final Fantasy 16

Creating The Look Of Final Fantasy 16

Final Fantasy art is some of my favorite in all of games. The series’ visuals fall somewhere between realism and fantasy, and it’s always fun to see how Square Enix studios leverage more powerful hardware to bring worlds to life. These settings, characters, and monsters are memorable, and a large reason for that is the art. It’s striking and unique – you know it’s...

Diablo 4 Treasure Goblins are extra valuable and might save you from entering the real-money store

Diablo 4 Treasure Goblins are extra valuable and might save you from entering the real-money store

Diablo 4 is pretty much an MMO. You run into other players randomly as you roam its open world, some quests are basically ‘kill ten of that thing’, there are dedicated PvP zones etc. But perhaps its most MMO-like quality is that it really wants you to show off your cool gear to other players. This has always sort of been a thing in...

Black Mother Shot To Death In Front Of Her Four Kids After Altercation With Unidentified Woman

Black Mother Shot To Death In Front Of Her Four Kids After Altercation With Unidentified Woman

Black Mother-Of-Four Shot To Death By Unidentified White Woman A Black mother-of-four lost her life after being gunned down by a still-unidentified white woman on Friday (June 2) following an altercation in Florida. Now, the family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, and the president of the NAACP chapter in Marion County are calling for the woman to be arrested, according...

Birth Control for Cats? Gene Therapy May Offer a Method

A small study uses genetic engineering with the goal of curbing vast stray feline populations. For all the cats who share our homes as companion animals, there is a vast shadow world of strays — a sprawling and fast-breeding crowd. Their lives are plagued by the threat of infectious diseases, predators and fast-moving cars. And they are major predators themselves, hunting down millions of...

Pokémon Go ‘Water Festival: Beach Week’ Timed Research, event guide

Pokémon Go ‘Water Festival: Beach Week’ Timed Research, event guide

Pokémon Go’s yearly Water Festival event runs from June 6-12 this year, with a focus on the beach. As expected from the name, the event focuses on water-type Pokémon, specifically those you’d find while on the sandy shores of a beach. Notably, the sand castle ghost-type Pokémon Sandygast has been added to the game as part of this event. Clauncher is also available shiny...

5 Unique Ways Animals Avoid Getting Eaten

A healthy, balanced diet is a great way to live to a ripe, old age. But even more important is avoiding being part of someone else’s healthy, balanced diet. Few creatures on this planet enjoy the distinction of sitting on top of their local food chain. Even those that rely on killing others for sustenance must sometimes avoid other, bigger predators; for every great...

There’s An Easy Way To Get Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Starters For Free

There’s An Easy Way To Get Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Starters For Free

Levelling up all three starters in any Pokemon game takes time and effort, but Nintendo is offering a convenient shortcut for Pokemon Home users. As announced in the above tweet, if you transfer a Pokemon from Scarlet or Violet into the mobile version of Pokemon Home, you’ll receive all three starters from that game: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly. What’s more, those Pokemon will have...

Nefarious Overwatch glitch lets Mercy tank everyone’s framerate to single digits, then bring her own back up to start blasting the sluggish victims

Nefarious Overwatch glitch lets Mercy tank everyone’s framerate to single digits, then bring her own back up to start blasting the sluggish victims

An Overwatch 2 player has discovered a new glitch with Mercy that allows players to hold an entire lobby hostage and, in theory, game competitive matches as well as annoying the hell out of everyone. YouTuber nsbunited describes themselves as an “Overwatch glitch hunter”, and the Mercy bug was discovered while experimenting with a known element of the Blizzard’s FPS: During the earlygame countdown,...