Author: Charles Heger
Charles loves all things games, including; video games, new and retro, tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, trading card games, miniature war/skirmish games, board games, LARPs, zines, mega-games, and more.
With over 350 million monthly active players, Fortnite is undoubtedly one of the most popular games in the world. What’s astonishing is as of the 1st quarter of 2021, over 389 million hours of Fortnite content was streamed on Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and other streaming platforms. So it’s time to surf on its popularity and let other fellow gamers know of your Fortnite skills. No matter which platform you are streaming on, you must have some cool Fortnite skins to strike out from others. And the only way to do so is by cashing in on your V Bucks. In…
Saying that Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey has a lot of armor sets is an understatement. The game has a crazy range of armor sets, including Spartan War Hero armor, Demigods set, and the fabled Celestial Suit set. The list goes on and on and on, with each armor more impressive than the next. And it’s not like these armors are some sort of a luxury. These are necessary to progress further into the game as you fight bigger and stronger enemies. This brings up the debate of Epic armor sets vs. Legendary armor sets. Some players prefer the Epic armor set…
World of Warcraft has been around in some form or another since way back in 2004. It’s scary to think it’s been around for nearly 20 years! Still, here we are with a WoW leveling guide. WoW has changed a lot since its early days as it had to fend off multiple contenders for its crown as top MMO. One of the areas that have seen the most changes is leveling. How you level up your characters has changed drastically since 2004. For the most part, it’s been improved, especially with the latest leveling changes introduced with 2020’s Shadowland’s expansion.…
Back in the good old days, if you needed to do a WoW characters lookup all you had to do was use the WoW armory tool. The armory tool was a great WoW character finder. Sadly those days are gone. Luckily though what Blizzard takes with one hand, it gives with the other (sometimes). We can still use the Warcraft character search function on the official WoW site to find the key information on any player character. Read on for our guide on how and why to use it. WoW Characters Search Guide Doing a WoW player search couldn’t be…
Portal Dragon is Kickstarting the game CoLab which is a mad scientist-themed worker placement board game with a tableau mechanic that is an engine builder but also the main way to earn victory points to win the game. At the time of writing, Portal Dragon has already reached their funding goal and several stretch goals. The Kickstarter has until February 8th to reach the last four goals which include upgrading the dice to be transparent and engraved as well as high quality, interlocking pieces to build the lab with. This isn’t the first time CoLab has gone to Kickstarter, but…
The odds are low, but the rewards are worth it. The odds of becoming a professional gamer is roughly calculated at 0.1%. So, if you are playing DOTA 2 and you rank in the top 1500 out of 1 million pool, you can consider taking a shot at professional gaming. Better termed eSports, you can turn your hours of gaming into a rewarding profession and, if you have it in you, become a star. Like Anathan Pham, one of the highest-paid eSports professionals today. With Team OG, Anathan won a total of $60 million with successive titles at The International.…
Magic: The Gathering arena originally launched as a beta way back in 2017. It has since seen releases on Windows, Mac, and most recently IOS and Android in March 2021. The game is a pretty standard card collection game that follows the rules of the Magic the Gathering tabletop game. Players create a deck by accumulating cards. These decks are then used in battles against either other players or in AI tournaments. Read on for the latest working MTG Arena codes! Is MTG Arena free? The game follows a freemium model. It is free to play yet players are actively…
Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore, realistic RPG shooter-sim with a massive, dedicated fanbase that was initially released by Russian developer Battlestate Games as a natural evolution to their series of browser-based shooters, which started all the way back in 2010. Partly due to the grounded nature of the game, and partly due to streamers extensively covering it, Escape From Tarkov has grown into one of the most played and highly praised shooters, receiving awards and plaudits from multiple game journalists and fans alike. The premise of the game, while being simple, has a lot of complex elements to it,…
Having released in 2017 as a Counter-Strike-meets-Behind Enemy Lines style expansive and grounded shooter, Escape from Tarkov has enjoyed more than its fair share of attention. The first, and as of yet only, game from Russian studio Battlestate Games, EFT initially had flown under the radar for quite some time before seeing considerable success as well as a concurrent player base of over 200,000 players in late 2020. Re-Emergence The resurgence of this incredible FPS was also due in part to Australian superstar streamer Pestily, as well as continuous love and support from a hardcore, invested community. Categorizing EFT as…
There are different ways of leveling up in the fantasy RPG masterpiece World of Warcraft so much so that new players find themselves grinding and spending numerous hours to figure out the most efficient way to get to level 70. This kind of freedom and interaction-based gameplay makes it quite difficult to find the most optimal way to level up. And if you’ve ever wanted to find the fastest way to fight to the top while being as efficient as possible, Zygor Guides tells you that for $8 a month, they can get you there lightning quick. In this Zygor…