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Star Wars Outlaws was released in mid-2024 as the first true open-world Star Wars game. It thrust players into the underworld of the galaxy, allowing them to work for syndicates during the time of the Empire as Kay Vess, a new scoundrel on the scene. Outlaws received some rather unfair criticism before its release, which led to middling sales. Unfortunate issues
Read MoreTisaanah has just won a major victory in Daughter of No Worlds (previously reviewed). With Reshaye’s power, she destroyed the corrupt leaders of Threll and freed the slaves. But there’s no time to revel in her victory in the second book in Carissa Broadbent’s The War of Lost Hearts series. In Children of Fallen Gods, Tisaanah is immediately thrown into a new
Read MoreTisaanah has been a slave for most of her life, but she has no intention of staying one. She’s worked hard and saved every coin that’s ever come her way. Finally, she has the 1,000 gold pieces that her owner named as her freedom price eight years ago. She intends to buy her freedom, travel to the Order, train until she
Read MoreListen, we all have to have hobbies. When I’m not holed up in my dungeon writing like my life depends on it, I enjoy entering into epic quests with my friends in one of our many TTRG games. I also love to color, and I have since I was a young child. Coloring has always been one of those activities that
Read MoreOver the past year, Aconyte has released a series within the Arkham Horror series, The Drowned City. The last two books have chronicled different events that seem unrelated but are all related to the reawakening of the Ancient One, an eldrich being so terrifying that people hesitate to even say its true name. Professor Harvey Walters has been running all around
Read MoreTimes are tough. It seems like the whole world is in the toilet. This book won’t fix that, but maybe some wise words from Deadpool will keep you from swirling around the drain. In Deadpool’s Affirmations: Feel Yourself to Heal Yourself by Rob Kutner and Marvel, everyone’s favorite merc with a mouth uses that mouth to help lift us up, with
Read MoreDarth Vader is arguably one of Star Wars’s greatest villains ever. His sheer power and force make him a formidable foe, and his tragic backstory as Anakin Skywalker lends him more depth as a character who has lost everything he loved. We know his story inside and out, for the most part, with appearances in shows, video games, and films since
Read MoreSince The Rise of Skywalker concluded the Star Wars sequel trilogy in 2019, the franchise has avoided exploring the galaxy’s state after the film. Aside from a brief comic story, there’s been little indication of what’s happening with Finn, Poe, Rey, or the galaxy at large as they deal with the end of the First Order and a galaxy without a
Read MoreDaedalus created many things in his life, some awe-inspiring and some monstrous. Of all his creations, the one he would most like to take back is the one that led to his own son’s death, his incredible wings. Now that he is in Hades, Daedalus is obsessed with one question, “Why?” and he won’t rest until he gets to hear the
Read MoreDisney Parks are some of the happiest places on Earth. This is for many different reasons, but one of the big ones is the food! Now you can have some of that happiness from the comfort of your own home with The Official Disney Parks Desserts Cookbook: Remembering 101 Sweet Delicious Disney Recipes from Pam Brandon and the Disney Chefs. Brandon
Read MoreSomething without a name and with barely a form has crawled out of the river in Bellworth. It doesn’t know who it is or even what it is. All it knows is that it is being drawn to one particular house. That and a name, “Wren.” As with most mysterious things in that town, it seems to be connected to the
Read MoreAmanda McKee is a model and a beauty influencer. She doesn’t really fit the traditional mold for those roles, but when your adopted daddy has the kind of money that Toyo Harada does, you get to do whatever you want. Amanda is presenting an award at the Valiant Pop Awards when suddenly two robot-looking figures crash through the roof fighting each
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