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There is no shortage of possible video game settings. From 13th-century medieval Europe to the distant future in an entirely different galaxy, developers have imagined hundreds of places where their games can take place. However, to this day, one of the most common and popular settings for a video game is in some kind of…

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Completionists rejoice — Microsoft is now introducing a new achievement that takes heavy cues from PlayStation’s Platinum trophy. The news was likely teased by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in an X post back in August (with the cryptic tweet simply stating “Team is working on something for later this year!”), and now evidence points to…

Musician, record producer and early glam rocker Todd Rundgren has been making music, seemingly endlessly, since he began in 1970. On top of his own cult works, he produced albums for XTC, Patti Smith, Hall and Oates, Sparks, The New York Dolls, Bad Religion and most famously Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell. In a…

Video games have the unfortunate reputation of being a pastime for loners and basement-dwelling nerds. Maybe that’s true to an extent, but there’s so much more to gaming than that. Like any hobby, gaming contains multitudes and appeals to various demographics. Some games are best enjoyed solo with minimal interruptions, but others are made to…