Elden Ring Community Heroes Like Let Me Solo Her Helped Inspire The Acolyte’s Hit Villain
The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland recently revealed that The Master's flowy armor (and exposed muscles) were inspired by scantily clad Elden Ring badasses like Let Me Solo Her.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Helped Inspire These New D&D Rules
GMs (Game Masters) are always taking inspiration from other media to implement new ideas into their world, and it looks like Wizards of the Coast is no different, because Larian…
Hackers helped Sony kill an exploit that let the PS Portal play PSP games offline
A group of Google cloud vulnerability researchers discovered the exploit in February 2024 and helped Sony patch it in the PlayStation Portal's Version 2.0.6 firmware update.
Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU Helped Me Cope With My Own Loss
Grief is messy. It's complicated. It's noisy. Or, at least, that's how Abubakar Salim described grief to me when we sat down to play Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, the debut…
Hearthstone Helped Popularize Loot Boxes, Then Weathered The Backlash
Hearthstone is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, March 11, 2024. Below, we look back at how it helped pave the way for the common adoption of loot boxes, and maintained…
In A Full Circle Moment, Helldivers 2 Has Helped More People Discover Starship Troopers
Helldivers 2 is essentially a Starship Troopers game in everything but name, and fittingly, the bug-blasting sequel has helped dramatically increase the viewership numbers of the classic 1997 action film.…
Glock: How Pop Culture Helped Build The World’s Most Popular Pistol – Loadout
The Glock is the most popular pistol in the world, so it’s no surprise that this pistol has been a trusty sidearm in dozens of video games, including Half-Life, Counter-Strike,…
Chris Metzen Helped Create the Stormgate Universe Before Returning to Blizzard | Game Awards 2023
Frost Giant Studios has debuted a new Stormgate story and gameplay trailer at The Game Awards featuring Simu Liu, the actor best-known for playing Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic…
Deadpool 3 Director Says That The MCU’s “Nerdiest Nerds” Helped Design Wolverine’s Costume
After years of easily shredded tanktops and black leather, Deadpool 3 is finally putting Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman in the mutant's signature blue and yellow costume. Minus the blue underwear--on…
How WoW: Dragonflight’s 2023 Content Roadmap Has Helped “Reinvent” Blizzard’s MMORPG
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's update cadence has been a game-changer, both for the playerbase and the development team.Comparing the game's ongoing Dragonflight expansion to its most-recent predecessor is like comparing…