Dolls have been around for a long time. One of the earliest known examples is a 4,000-year-old stone figurine found on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. Dolls are still being made in the 21st century, of course, though they’ve changed a bit. Now they’re not just made of stone or even of fabric – we have digital incarnations as well. In case you were wondering where we're going with this: we're talking about the latest League of Legends champion and reanimated doll, Gwen. 

The original WoW released in 2004 and was wildly popular; the vanilla ice cream was selling well. There have since been eight expansions to the original game, as well as countless updates and patches. If the original was vanilla, 2021 WoW is made to a different recipe with sprinkles on top. It just doesn’t taste the same.

Valheim is a survival crafting game unlike any other. It takes elements from the genre and thoughtfully changes them to increase the player's quality of life. One of the easiest places to see this carefulness in action is in the game's food system. Instead of punishing the player for not eating by decreasing their health, health regeneration, or even killing them, Valheim simply gives the player health and stamina buffs for consuming food. 

But sooner or later, playing the game without those buffs will feel like a form of self-inflicted punishment. Maintaining a stable food supply in Valheim can help keep your Viking well fed throughout their adventure, and farming is one of the best ways to do just that.

Since the first launch of the game in October 2018, Fortnite has claimed an outstanding spot in both the public eye and the hearts of gamers around the world. It’s hard to deny the appeal when invited to drop into the action as just about any fictional character you could conceive – hero, villain, or humanoid banana. 

Who says a video game needs to be a finished product to be worth playing, or even become one of your favourites? Early access used to be a term reserved for titles whose developers were still working out the kinks, and while that’s still somewhat true, games that haven’t graduated to full release can still become phenomena — like Fortnite, which (in)famously left early access three years after it launched, well after it had embedded itself in the public consciousness.