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How (And Why) To Become A Mentor in Final Fantasy XIV
15.5.2024
Final Fantasy XIV makes it easy to accessorize your character, but glamming up your display name requires great responsibility. Those little crowns you see next to certain players’ names indicate that they are Mentors, who are (in theory) experienced players who can show newer players the ropes...
PSA: Unicorn Overlord's Sellswords Make Leveling A Breeze
12.3.2024
In Unicorn Overlord, Vanillaware’s tactical RPG, players are tasked with building an army to take back the Kingdom of Cornia from an evil emperor. This gargantuan task takes tens of hours to complete, during which you must fight your way through multiple kingdoms, facing progressively difficult...
Helldivers 2 Should Be Enjoyed, Not Optimized Or Farmed
26.2.2024
Over the last two weeks, Helldivers 2—an online co-op, sci-fi third-person shooter—has exploded in popularity and quickly become one of 2024’s biggest and best games. Its mix of hard-but-satisfying combat, intense action, silly moments, and satirical tone has hooked me and many other players....
Diablo IV's Next Season Promises Easier Level Grinding To Win Back Players
5.10.2023
Diablo IV’s Season of Blood goes live October 17, and it’s aiming to inject some life back into the loot RPG with blood-sucking foes and quality-of-life fixes. The game’s developers promise players will level up 40 percent more quickly than last season, potentially paving the way for more fun...
Don't Worry, Diablo IV's Hardest Boss Probably Won't Ruin Your Run
5.7.2023
One of the first bosses I encountered in Diablo IV was the Butcher. I was doing reasonably well up until that point and thought “sure, I’ll just take this guy out real quick.” That didn’t work out for me, butI’m not alone—-The Butcher is as challenging as he is rare. And until now, there hasn’t...
Elden Ring's Most-Killed Enemy Shows We're All XP-Grinding Animals
29.6.2023
Elden Ring may be a tough open-world RPG that requires precise timing and ongoing dedication, but the enemies don’t scale in difficulty with you. So if your progress ever hits a wall, it’s technically possible to take the easy way out and simply grind your character into having better stats than...
Grinding out a living: Can blockchain games really offer a sustainable income?
6.6.2023
Blockchain gaming executives believe the law has not yet caught up with the concept of earning a living through gaming
People Are Grinding Netflix Shows To Prevent Them From Getting Canceled
3.5.2023
At this point, Netflix has become the Google of streaming services—its prevalence in modern culture transformed the streamer into a colloquial verb. As a noun, though, it still refers to a specific business, one with a sizable, increasingly conspicuous graveyard of canceled projects haunting...
Diablo IV Devs On How They Plan On Keeping You Hooked For Hundreds of Hours
5.4.2023
If it’s anything like previous games in the series, Diablo IV will only take a couple dozen hours to finish the main story. But for many players, that’s when the game really gets started, letting you fine-tune your character’s build and take on ever more difficult dungeons in pursuit of better...
Fornite's Gets Car Chases Cyberpunk 2077 Never Had, Jet Set Radio Grinding
10.3.2023
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 is live, transforming Fortnite’s multiplayer map into a giant cyberpunk block party. The update adds a massive new metropolis, a bunch of new skins, and the ability to grind around skyscrapers during firefights. Plus players can now recreate the car chases they only...
Genshin Impact Has Made Farming So Tedious, I'm Regretting Everything
17.11.2022
I can’t do it. I’m not strong enough. I skipped 18 weeks of Genshin Impact banners to ensure that I could get Nahida, but farming materials for her is so unpleasant. This isn’t just a problem for fans of the tragic goddess. Sumeru is just the worst area for collecting any kind of material. Things...
Destiny 2’s Halloween Event Is On Fire
19.10.2022
Destiny 2’s annual spooky loot event is back and it’s a mess. Festival of the Lost went live yesterday riddled with issues from a bug that blocked quest progress to players being saddled with old, obsolete loot. It was not good, especially for an event that is mostly unchanged from the year prior...
One Of The Biggest Reasons To Play Destiny 2 Right Now Is Bugged
28.9.2022
There have been a fair number of complaints about Destiny 2’s Season of Plunder, but for the most part I’ve been having a blast. So it’s a major bummer that one of the main reasons to play right now appears bugged for the second week in a row. An upgrade that’s key to overcoming Destiny’s terrible...
10 Things Every GTA Online Player Trying The Giant New Update Should Do
1.8.2022
With the new Grand Theft Auto Online update released last week, the game has become easier after Rockstar added more ways to make money that don’t involve ripping your hair out and putting up with annoying trolls. But a big update like this for an already massive game can be very overwhelming. Read...
Where To Find A Ton Of Legendary Loot In Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
14.4.2022
Yeah, sure, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has an end goal. Ostensibly, you’re tasked with completing a main story, something about saving the world and defeating the big bad villain and blah blah blah. But c’mon, we all know what the real point is: finding a ton of kickass loot. Let us help.Read more
Elden Ring Players Are At War With AFK Rune Farmers
5.4.2022
Elden Ring has a new rune farming strategy that revolves around hiding in seeminglyunreachable parts of the map until your opponent dies or gets bored and leaves. Now, players who just wanted a good old fashion PVP showdown are finding new ways to fight back. The results are entertaining...
Gran Turismo 7 Players Use AFK Exploit To Farm Millions Like Capitalism Intended
22.3.2022
Gran Turismo 7 is an excellent racing sim bogged down by microtransactions. Yet, instead of dialing back on that bit of the game, a recent update sees developer Polyphony Digital make progression even more grindy. Now, some players are turning to a new remote play exploit to farm millions...
GTA Online's New Update Has Fans Walking In Circles For Days
2.8.2021
Los Santos Tuners, Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest big update, has given Rockstar’s MMO-lite a Fast and Furious vibe. But now that the tire smoke has cleared, many are frustrated by the amount of grinding needed to unlock everything. And some are resorting to rubber bands, batteries, and other...
Ukraine’s ‘Largest Illegal’ Mining Facility May Have Been a FIFA Bot Farm
18.7.2021
A data center busted by Ukrainian law enforcement this month for suspected electricity theft may have had a purpose different from mining cryptocurrencies. Ukraine’s security service described the facility as the “largest underground crypto farm” found to date but media reports...
How To Skip Monster Hunter Rise’s Pesky ‘Quest Complete’ Cutscenes
6.4.2021
Once you get comfortable with the basics of Monster Hunter Rise, the real game of grinding out rare materials for high-level equipment can finally begin. While one would normally need to wait through a cutscene every time they finish a mission, a simple trick allows players to skip this brief...