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As an adaptation, Hulu’s Normal People is incredibly faithful to its source material: the bestselling 2018 novel of the same name by Irish novelist Sally Rooney. The 12-part character-driven drama follows the complex love story of Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal) from a small town in the west of Ireland to Dublin’s Trinity College. As they grow from teenagers to young adulthood, they struggle to better understand themselves and one another....

This NOS4A2 review contains spoilers. NOS4A2 Season 2 Episode 6 One of the smarter choices in “The Hourglass” is to lean on Maggie (Jahkara Smith), who has been underutilized this season. She was such a crucial part of the first season of NOS4A2, being Vic’s inroad to the world of the supernatural, and this season she’s mostly just been hanging around, afraid to use her bag of tiles due to the horrible side effects she suffers....

For weeks now, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti was scheduled for a release in mid-April. That apparently will no longer be the case as a new report claims the next GPU in the RTX 30 Series lineup will be coming in May instead. First reported by ITHome, Nvidia has issued an internal announcement regarding the status of the graphics card. In that announcement, the company told employees that the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will now launch in mid-May....

O2 has partnered with GAME to offer all customers a free set of Skylanders. Available via the O2 Priority app, the deal offers fans the choice of a free triple pack from the original Spyro’s Adventure and follow-up Skylanders Giants. But even if you haven’t got those games they may still be worth picking up. The characters are also compatible with later games in the series, including PS4/Xbox One’s Swap Force and Trap Team, and this September’s Skylanders Superchargers....

One Piece: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition was revealed to be coming to Japan on August 24 recently and now those in the West can be happy as a release date for Europe. Bandai Namco has announced that the game will be available on Steam and PlayStation 4 in Europe on August 25, with a Nintendo Switch launch coming in September. A North American release date hasn’t been announced as of yet....

As the number one globally selling manga in the history of the medium, it’s inevitable for One Piece to get back into the trading card game market. As the newest TCG from Bandai, there are plenty of expectations for this game to succeed, and a dedicated community and official tournament support are starting to take shape. This guide will give you all the information you need so you’ll know how to get started with the One Piece TCG and set sail....

OPSEAT is probably one of the best known names in gaming chairs. Based in South Florida, OPSEAT is the official chair for a ton of different pro gaming organizations including NRG, SF Shock, Clemson Esports, and Philadelphia Fusion. So what makes the chairs from OPSEAT such a popular choice for gamers? Well, as it turns out, a whole lot. Built Crazy Tough Right out of the box its obvious the OPSEAT Grandmaster isn’t made like your typical office chair, though it goes together just as simply: put the casters on the base, then the hydraulic lift, attach the back to the seat, then put it all together....

American Truck Simulator is finally getting another map expansion. This time, it’s the northern state of Oregon. SCS has dropped a new trailer showing off various scenes from the “Beaver State”, putting a strong emphasis on its forest trails and logging industry. The map is a big change over the others currently in the game, which consists mostly of dry, rocky desert scenery. The Oregon map adds 5,000 miles of road to the world of American Truck Simulator....

Crunchyroll announced today that the light novel series Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me by author Makiko Nagaoka will be getting turned into an anime series and released at some point in the future. Besides the announcement that it is happening, there isn’t much more to go on for additional information. The anime will be coming from studio ENGI (The Detective is Already Dead) and Hideaki Oba is directing....

This Outlander review contains spoilers. Outlander Season 5 Episode 3 “Free Will” takes Jamie and Claire beyond the Ridge to rally the able-bodied men in the county to join the militia. Along the way, the Frasiers end up on the television equivalent of a side quest in a video game. This side plot is a huge risk in terms of keeping non-book readers invested but the trauma of the Beardsley brothers and Fanny, in particular, improves the relevance of the plot....

Overcooked 2 is a wildly popular couch co-op party game that puts up to four players in the roles of chefs in increasingly strange and fantastical kitchens. You and your friends are supposedly honing your culinary skills in order to become masters of cooking and teamwork in time to satisfy the endless hunger of the Unbread. The sequel isn’t quite as punishing as the original Overcooked when it comes to gathering stars, but you’ll still probably find your group beating their heads against a level or two....

Overpass is different from any racing game that’s already out there. The forthcoming release from Zordix Racing and publisher Bigben Interactive is about so much more than just rounding curves to get through a track as quickly as possible. The all-terrain racing game requires the player to learn the nuances of their specific quad or buggy. A driver won’t get very far without taking the time to understand how to properly engage obstacles throughout the track....

To make serious progress in Minecraft, you’ll need strong enchantments that give you various benefits, but in your hunt for these enchanted items and books you’re likely to come across the Curse of Binding. This problematic enchantment causes the player to be unable to remove any item that has the curse until it breaks naturally or the player dies. This is an annoyance for survival players, but a major problem for hardcore players who can’t afford to die....

In a Reddit Ask me Anything thread with Notch, creator of Minecraft, fans pieced together that the total revenue for the indie title might be near $33 million so far. This is without subtracting the Paypal cut, but it’s still a large chunk of change regardless, especially for a game still in “Beta.” According to Notch, the sales during alpha testing add up to around 800,000, while the recent beta has managed to rack up over 1,000,000 new purchases of Minecraft, and sales are not slowing down....

The Warden mob was announced along with the Deep Dark Biome as one of the many new additions to Minecraft in the 1.17 Caves and Cliffs update. The Warden has terrified gamers because of its immense power and strength. In this article, we will show you how to find a Warden in Minecraft. Warden Mob in Minecraft 1.17 Caves & Cliffs Check out what a Warden is and how you can find them below:...

Next year’s Mirror’s Edge game will be called Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, EA has confirmed. The announcement follows a tease from the publisher yesterday after trademarks and web domains referencing the title were discovered by NeoGAF. Don’t expect Catalyst to be a straightforward sequel to the 2008 original, however, with EA stating that it has “spent a lot of time re-evaluating every aspect” of Mirror’s Edge to deliver a game that “honors the first game” while bringing “a lot of great, new interesting gameplay”....

Life continues to be fraught with dilemmas in the latest trailer for Mob Psycho 100 Season 3, and protagonist Mob is at the center of it all. Released by Crunchyroll during Crunchyroll Expo 2022, the trailer offers a new glimpse at what the series’ cast will face in the next portion of the story. All of the mainstays like Mob, Reigen and Dimple make appearances in the animation bits on display, while several others provide vocal clips hinting at a series of dilemmas that could push them into further danger....

Sometimes, the look makes the game. One of the greatest things about living in 2017 is that games as a medium has taken off. Whether you’re an indie dev, an aspiring writer, or you just really want to play more Dwarf Fortress clones, now is about as good as ever. Steam Greenlight has made it possible for games that normally wouldn’t make it in the mainstream market to find an audience, and it seems Microsoft, Sony, and even Nintendo are taking notes....

Today, during the Capcom Showcase, we got plenty of great updates on some of the company’s biggest games. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak was one of those games, and it got a brand new trailer, featuring plenty of interesting new bits of information on the game. You can check out the new gameplay, returning monsters and local, and all the new updates that Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak for yourself via all of the new trailers down below....

Riot Games established a cadence for hero and map releases early on in Valorant’s life. A new Valorant map would be released at the beginning of every Episode, while a new agent would be added with every Act. However, the developer quickly realized that, more than anything else, players want map diversity. It keeps gameplay fresh and requires more tactical knowledge for diehard fans. In a way, it increases the tactical skill ceiling, if not the mechanical one....