Author: Jessica Lamb

Jessica Lamb was born and raised in Fennville, Michigan. She attended Aquinas College where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Creative Writing. Since then, she has dedicated herself to spreading the word about all things nerd culture.

If you have children, you’re used to having a ton of random toys strewn across the house. Most of them are brightly colored or make obnoxious sounds for the entertainment of your tiny humans. You may even have the colorful Fisher-Price Game & Learn. It’s a brightly colored toy game controller with a smiling face on it. Looking suspiciously like an Xbox controller, this toy has A, B, C and D buttons instead of Xbox’s classic A, B, X, Y. As you expect, clicking the buttons leads to the controller making all kinds of sounds. Well, at some point down…

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People have a tendency to ruin things. The more people involved in something, the more likely it is that one of them is going to mess everything up. This is especially true when it comes to video games. Unfortunately, colorful battle royale “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” is no exception. As the game continues to explode in popularity, more and more cheaters are coming out of the woodwork to ruin everyone’s fun. That’s why developer Mediatonic is coming forward to say they are implementing the same anti-cheat tools as “Fortnite.” The studio addressed the issue with this statement: “We’re really sorry…

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“Dungeons & Dragons” and “Magic: The Gathering” are no strangers to each other. Not only are they two of Hasbro’s most-prolific franchises, but they both present fantastical worlds brimming with interesting characters. It only makes sense that the two worlds would collide at some point. However, up until know we have only ever seen Magic characters and settings come to the world of D&D. In fact, we have seen two full-length campaigns dedicated to allowing players to explore Ravnica or Theros. Now, for the first time, D&D is coming to the world of “Magic: The Gathering” in a full standard…

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Yesterday, California-based technology company Nvidia held a Nvidia GeForce Special Event. During the event, the company showed exactly what their graphics cards can do. Using the GeForce RTX Series 3, the company revealed a brand new trailer for “Cyberpunk 2077.” Throughout the trailer, fans get a better look at exactly what Nvidia’s graphics cards can do to an already gorgeous game like “Cyberpunk 2077.” The trailer emphasizes improvements to shadows, lighting and reflection due to ray-tracing technology and Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). In case you have no clue what DLSS is, it essentially uses the “power of AI to…

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Recently, Ubisoft added a new support page about the transition to next-gen consoles to their website. Since many of Ubisoft’s titles will be launching for both current and next-gen consoles, its good for consumers to be aware of this transition. However, curious gamers soon discovered some interesting information from the page. Ubisoft seemingly confirms that the PlayStation 5 will only be backwards compatible with the PlayStation 4. Towards the bottom of the page, readers were met with this statement: “Backwards compatibility will be available for supported PlayStation 4 titles, but will not be possible for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, or…

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The “Battle of the Brands” contest has officially come to a close. After two weeks of bidding, one group has risen above the rest to be named the winners. Yesterday, a joint donation of $1 million by Aim Lab, Ninja, Mr. Beast and G2 Esports swept the competition away. This gigantic donation was made only hours before the winner was announced. Before this, it seemed like YouTuber FGTEEV was going to nab the win. A week ago, they bid $422,222. Then, only hours before the $1 million donation was made, they increased their bid to $510,000. Only the winning bid…

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September is almost here and that means new games for PS Plus subscribers! This month, players can get their hands on both “Street Fighter V” and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.” Both titles will be free to claim until October 5. “Street Fighter V” is a fighting game developed by Capcom and Dimps and released in 2016. The game takes place between the events of “Street Fighter III” and “Street Fighter IV.” In this title, Ryu and the gang must defeat M. Bison who threatens the world with mysterious weapons known as the Black Moons. Since its initial release, the game has received…

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The battle between Epic Games and Apple rages on! Recently, Apple terminated Epic’s developer account on the App Store. This means that all of Epic’s products have entirely disappeared from the Apple App Store. If you have already downloaded “Fortnite” you can still play it, but you will be unable to update to the season four Marvel content. While the legal battle continues, Epic is attempting to sway public opinion to them through their “Free Fortnite” campaign. So why not offer people free stuff to make them like you? Epic Games is allowing people to make and sell their own…

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When “Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time” was first revealed, fans everywhere lost their collective minds. It’s been 22 years since the last main franchise entry, “Crash Bandicoot: Warped.” It’s exciting to think about what adventures Crash and Coco will get into next as they stop Neo Cortex once again. What about the time before they escaped Neo Cortex though? Well, thanks to a new feature revealed at Gamescom 2020, we will get to explore those early days of Crash and Coco’s lives. Toys for Bob producer Lou Studdert briefly appeared on Gamescom’s opening night to discuss Flashback Tapes. Flashback…

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