PlayStation Store Update Adds New Quality of Life Features

The PlayStation Store onPS5in both function and appearance is quite different from its previous iterations. Many features have been requested for thePS5store, and in a new update, PlayStation has made keeping track of interesting games much easier. As with any service, it is never complete, and only as a whole as its last update, with the PS5’s store being a prime example of this. While certainly functional and perhaps the most visually appealing iteration of the PlayStation Store to date, the PS5 is still receiving new features to bring it closer to its competition....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Andrew Lane

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: How to Get Mew and Jirachi

Jirachi and Mew are two of the most iconicLegendary Pokemon out there, and both of them have been very hard to obtain throughout thePokemonseries. However, inPokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearl, trainers can obtain both of these special Pokemon by speaking to two certain NPCs. Still, players will need to show them proof that they are indeedPokemonfans. And by showing them proof, it means that players will only be able to getJirachi and Mew by having saved game data from previousPokemontitles:Pokemon: Let’s Go PikachuandPokemon: Let’s Go Eevee, andPokemon SwordandPokemon Shield....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Mark Watson

Pokemon GO Adding Special New Pikachu Variant to Catch

Summary Amid all the Pokemon news that came out of the February 27 Pokemon Presents, a special Pikachu variant named Pikachu, Ph.D. has been added toPokemon GO. This variant comes alongside the start of a season ofPokemon GO. TitledWorld of Wonders,itwill last until June 1 at 10:00 a.m. local time.World of Wondershas plenty of new updates scheduled, including the addition of Poipole, the poison-pin Pokemon. DuringPokemon Go: World of Wonders, players will be able to complete special research to gain access to Poipole and Shadow Raids, which are scheduled to take place on weekends....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Christopher Sawyer

Pokemon GO September and October Community Day Pokemon Confirmed

Pokemon GOfans had about a month tocampaign for their favorite picks for September and October Community Day, but the big vote and come and gone and now the decision is final. Voting took place over the weekend and in both the mock poll and the final poll there was a landslide victory for the two winners and the runner-ups were left in the dust with barely 8% of the total vote combined....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Mr. Philip Walters PhD

Pokemon GO Will Soon Stop Working on Some Phones

Summary Pokemon GOhas announced that it will no longer work on devices running Android 7. In the seven years since its launch,Pokemon GOhas received a lot of content and patches with improvements and fixes. For the currentPokemon GOseason, Niantic has made several improvements to the gameplay, such as increasing the limit for opening and sending gifts. The developer has also increased the spawn of themed Pokemon, and the damage caused by trainers who go on Raids with friends....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Danny Suarez

Pokemon GO: Spring Event Dates and Details

Although many gamers are stuck inside this month, spring weather is still arriving and so are spring events in many video games. AlthoughPokemon GOhad to cancel or postpone many in-person eventsthis spring, there are still going to be lots of activities that players can participate in while practicing good social distancing. The upcoming annual spring event is still going to happen andPokemon GOplayers will be happy to have some exciting features and bonuses to take advantage of....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Nancy Dixon

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: How to Get Scorbunny, Raboot, and Cinderace

Though they aren’t officially part of the Paldean Pokedex, Galarian starters Scorbunny, Raboot, and Cinderace are all available now inPokemon Scarlet & Violet. The evolutionary line joins fellow fire starter Charizard in the game as an event import. There are over 1,000 Pokemon across all nine generations, but less than 500 available inPokemon Scarlet & Violetat this point. That number looks set to increase over time, however. Game Freak is using timed events to add in new Pokemon that didn’t make the cut on the game’s original release....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Vanessa Miller

Rare World of Warcraft Mount Is Now Easier to Obtain, But There's A Catch

Summary World of Warcraftplayers that have been after the Headless Horseman’s Mount now have a better chance of obtaining it after Blizzard increased the odds of it dropping in Patch 10.1.7, Fury Incarnate. However, Blizzard stated thatWorld of Warcraftplayers will only have increased odds with the first kill of the Headless Horseman per day, and the odds will go up if players take the Horseman’s “curses” before starting the battle....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Matthew Lopez

Rumor: Nintendo's Next Console to Offer Key Feature Missing From the Switch

Nintendo’s next console might offer backward compatibility, according to some newly surfaced evidence. Though similar rumors of abackward-compatible Switch successorhave popped up in the past, they were mostly based on insider reports and not Nintendo’s own disclosures, as is the case this time around. While theSwitch ended up being one of the best-selling consoles of all time, it managed that feat while breaking with Nintendo’s long-standing tradition of offering backward-compatible systems....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Julia Bradley

Storyteller: All Devil Levels Guide

Storytellerencourages players to use all the tools at their disposal to create the story required on each page, but once all the stories have been completed and the ending has been reached, new and more sinister challenges will appear. Scribbled into the book in red ink, the Devil levels are darker stories that often require the player to guide characters to miserable endings. Storyteller’s Devil levels all introduce a new usable character, the Devil, whose trickeries and deceptions can allow for new outcomes....

May 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1138 words · Jermaine Murray

Stranger Things: The 5 Best Characters In Season 4 Vol. 1

The following article contains spoilers forStranger Things: Season 4 Vol. 1. The fourth season of the hit Netflix series,Stranger Things, has returned with more thrills, scares, and humor during the unofficial start of summer on Memorial Day weekend. Nearly three years after the third season aired, the series hasn’t lost a beat, continuing to develop based on influences and pop culture from the 1980s, including elements of the sci-fi, horror, and crime thriller genres....

May 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1134 words · Ethan Velez

Super Mario Sunshine Fan Art Imagines the GameCube Title as GBA Port

Nintendo originally releasedSuper Mario Sunshinefor the GameCube, but some fans have been curious about what it might resemble on the Game Boy Advance since it was Nintendo’s primary handheld device at the time. Now, one fan is trying to make that idea a reality by making a piece ofSuper Mario Sunshinefan art that imagines what the GameCube game would have looked like as a “weird” GBA port. Twitter user Huttaburger recently shared fan art with a similar likeness to several Game Boy Advance titles but with an obviousSuper Mariocoat of paint....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Claudia Reynolds

The Best Smart Home Gadgets in 2024

Working from home is the new normal nowadays, and many homes are transforming into more innovative, helpful, and smarter spaces, completewith smart gadgetssuch as video doorbells, smart speakers, and security cameras. These gadgets connect to the internet, so users can seamlessly control them from smartphones through a companion app. So, whether it isturning lights onfrom a smartphone, streaming music via speaker using Alexa, vacuuming automatically, or locking doors remotely, the best smart home gadgets can elevate a home’s IQ....

May 17, 2025 · 16 min · 3322 words · Michael Wright