Stalker 2 PC Specs Require A Ton Of Storage Space But Surprisingly Modest Hardware
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl looks like visually impressive, and fittingly, it’ll need a lot of hard drive space to fit in all 64km² of the Exclusion Zone. The official PC specs for the game are now live, and while it’s not too demanding in terms of RAM, GPU, and CPU requirements, you will need to ensure that you have 160GB of SSD storage capacity available.
Like several other modern games, Stalker 2 lists a solid-state drive as a mandatory requirement, likely due to them having vastly superior read/write speeds when compared to traditional hard disk drives. Developer GSC Game World has previously spoken about how it has attempted to create a photorealistic version of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, and early previews of Stalker 2 have shown off a lush environment for players to explore.
Beyond that, the rest of the PC requirements listed on Steam are very forgiving toward older machines, possibly as a result of Stalker 2 being in development for a long period of time. G…
Cara Dune Mandalorian Action Figures Selling For High Prices After Gina Carano's Firing
Following Gina Carano’s firing by Disney due to her controversial statements, action figures for Cara Dune, the character she played in The Mandalorian, not only began selling out at most retailers but are also being sold for exorbitantly high prices on stores like Amazon and eBay.
A cursory search on eBay for Cara Dune pulls an assortment of results with a common factor: their spiked price tag. While it’s possible to find a few action figures selling for a reasonable price on eBay, most have their cost bumped by as much as 1150%. Cara Dune action figures typically sell for anywhere between $15 and $40, but the prices on eBay climb as high as $300. There’s even a Star Wars Black Series 6-inch figurine going for $10,000 on eBay.
The situation over at Amazon looks similar to eBay. There are more Cara Dune collectibles on the massive digital shop–such as posters and sweaters–but most everything, and especially the action figures, have absurd price tags. A Carbonized Vinta…
Check Out This Adorable Set Of Lego-Esque Kirby Figures
If you’re wrapping up Kirby and the Forgotten Land but need more of the pink blob in your life, consider checking out these adorable figurines from Nanoblock at Amazon. The set comes with six characters (including Kirby, Waddle Dee, and Meta Knight), and each one is composed of approximately 70 nanoblocks that are easy to piece together.
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Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy- Definitive Edition Review – Wasted
There is a strong argument to be made that Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas are the three most influential games of the 21st century. You can see their DNA floating around just about every open-world title made since and pretty much anyone making in-engine cutscenes owes a debt to Rockstar going fully Hollywood early on. There is an entire generation whose only exposure to various genres of music come from the soundtracks of these three games. Naturally, parts of them have aged better than others, but in the context of the early-to-mid 2000s, these games broke serious ground.
These are all facts set in stone by this point, of course. But it’s worth seeing it all written down one more time so it’s abundantly clear just how utterly bewildering it is that Rockstar let GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas get as absolutely mangled as they have been with these so-called Definitive Editions. Somehow, the studio that was so meticulous about making s…
Jack Black Responds To "Horrible Reviews" For The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Actor Jack Black is joining yet another video game movie with his starring role in 2025’s Minecraft movie. In a new interview, Black talked about appearing in that film and also reacted to the negative critical reception to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, in which he voiced Bowser.
In the newest issue of Total Film (via GamesRadar), Black said Mario and Minecraft are related in that they are both video games, but the Minecraft film is live-action. “Live-action is a different ball of wax,” Black said.
He added that he’s excited to work with director Jared Hess again after starring in Nacho Libre, which was also directed by Hess. “It’s been fun jamming with Jared,” Black said.
Almost nothing is known about the story for the Minecraft movie, or Black’s role in it, but the film is assembling a big cast. In addition to Black, the movie stars Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, Danielle Brooks, Matt Berry, Emma Meyers, Kate McKinnon, and Jemaine Clement. Filming is underway i…
Best Buy Is Hosting A 3-Day Sale – Check Out The Best Gaming And Tech Deals
The 3-Day Anniversary Sale is now live at Best Buy, giving you a chance to save on TVs, laptops, earbuds, headphones, and tons of other great electronics. The enticing deals end on Sunday–so you’ve got a bit of time to browse the massive catalog and see if anything piques your interest.
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Journey (PS4) Review
This review contains spoilers. For a spoiler-free review of Journey, you can read our original review here.
It was my eighth playthrough and the tears still streamed, almost inexplicably; Journey is a song without words, reliant on its rapturous presentation and liberating movement to stir your mind and move your heart. With many games, I have wished that I could play them again for the first time–to experience that buzz that inevitably diminishes with each return visit. I will never need to waste this wish on Journey, however: each pilgrimage is as bittersweet as the last. How appropriate, given the game’s theme of death and rebirth, that it feels so sorrowful, so joyous, and so true, each and every time.
“Journey would be just as effective as a movie,” a friend once told me, but I must contradict her. Not that I can argue against the game’s sumptuous environments and its sublime musical score, which earned masterpiece status the moment Jou…
Jeopardy Announces Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik Will Split Hosting Duties
Jeopardy has announced that both executive producer Mike Richards and neuroscientist/actor Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory) will serve as the long-running game show’s new hosts. The decision to select two hosts is part of the studio’s plans “to extend the Jeopardy franchise to new platforms.”
“We are thrilled to begin the next chapter of America’s favorite quiz show with Mike hosting our daily show and Mayim hosting new versions of Jeopardy,” said Ravi Ahujga, chairman of global television studios and corporate development for Sony Pictures.
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Lego Fortnite Fast Travel Isn't There Yet, But You Can Travel Fast
Lego Fortnite has pulled in millions of players since it launched a week ago, but this game is still very much in its infancy. It’s shockingly polished for a brand-new game in 2023, but it’s also kind of an overall barebones experience right now, without much in the way of a long-term endgame. There’s a lot to enjoy here, but to what end?
For now, it’s all about pushing the limits of what Lego Fortnite can do in its current state. And in that current state, one of the biggest concerns is travel–it takes a long time to get places, and it’s likewise pretty inconvenient to have to haul resources all over the map with only your personal inventory for storage. There’s no fast travel, and so the best form of travel that’s officially provided by the game is a glider, which will get you around quickly but doesn’t help with the need to efficiently move resources around.
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