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Pedro Pascal Is Daddy Of The Year

What is there to say about Pedro Pascal that hasn’t been said already? The star has been around for over two decades now, but there’s been a recent fervent love burning in the hearts of millions across the globe for The Mandalorian. There are currently 885,000 videos on TikTok under the sound “Hey Sexy Lady” by Shaggy – with half of those videos dedicated to slo-mo Pedro in his new shows.

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It’s all over. Long gone are the days where you log into your ex’s Netflix account and binge-watch the latest episodes of Stranger Things. Yep, Netflix took note that you were 1 of 10 people on the same account and eradicated password-sharingcompletely.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

While this year has been a lackluster time to be alive and general disappointment in almost every regard, this year's gaming experience has been one of the saving graces of 2020.

With new consoles and a handful of new games freshly released, 2020 has been filled with some of the greatest gaming experiences in recent memory. But Geoff Keighley's highly anticipated game-of-the-year award ceremony is closing in, and in the end, only one game can truly be crowned champion.

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Gaming

Hideo Kojima and the Rise of Video Games as Narrative Art

This week Tribeca Film Festival recognized Hideo Kojima as a true artist—whether he knows it or not.

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Once upon a time, acclaimed movie critic Roger Ebert stated definitively that "video games will never be art."

It's the kind of absurd blanket statement that men who feel entitled to universal respect like to make without fear of being ridiculed. It's also the same response that the gate-keepers of aging media say each time a new form comes along.

"Sure, movies are great, but they'll never rise to the level of literature." "I like TV as much as the next guy, but you'll never see a TV show that can compete with The Godfather." "Can you please stop telling everyone that your Internet articles are 'better than Shakespeare?'"

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Naughty Dog Deserves "The Last of Us II" Leaks

People should be more upset about an abusive crunch culture than they are about a mistreated worker taking direct action.

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Few video game developers enjoy the same level of clout as Naughty Dog.

While the studio came to prominence with beloved PS1 and PS2-era action platformers like Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter, Naughty Dog shifted its focus towards cinematic, story-driven, action-adventure games in the PS3 generation. The shift paid off, with their Uncharted franchise taking the gaming industry by storm, held up as a shining example of how video games can serve as powerful story vehicles.

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