Quick Links You’ll need a variety of herbs, flowers, and roots to craft a wide variety of alchemical concoctions and delicious dishes inTainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon. Mandrake is one of these ingredients, and it isn’t quite as easy to find as some of the others. Mandrake isn’t something you will need right away, but you’ll find that they do pop up in the odd quest, and if you are looking to get those All-Mother Blessings, that will require that you have some Mandrake on hand....

If you do a search for ‘crypto’ on TheGamer, all you’re going to find are articles about fraud, theft, obvious scams, and that guy fromApex Legends with the drone. Like most people who game for the love of the, well, game - I recoil at the very mention of crypto, NFTs, blockchain, and all that other junk these web3 grifters keep trying to convince us games need without ever giving us a good reason why....

‘Valve is making a new game’ is the most basic statement you can make about a developer, yet it sends fans into a complete frenzy. It’s like being excited that your local baker is baking bread — what else are they gonna do? But Valve’s idea of baking bread is popping a loaf in the oven, taking it out before it’s done, and chucking it in the bin. Again and again and again, to the horror of the customers standing in the queue, waiting for a freshly baked slice....

Summary If you’re a Dungeon Master running aDungeons & Dragonscampaign, you know that one of the hardest decisions you’ll have to make is selecting monsters for a combat encounter. You might find yourself asking: Is this encounter balanced? What happens if I accidentally TPK the party? Most of the time, if you use challenge ratings correctly, you won’t have to worry about a TPK. However, there are some monsters in the 2025 Monster Manual that can prove really tricky to use, even for high-level DMs....

Quick Links There’s only one thing as important as good fashion inWuchang: Fallen Feathers,and it’s figuring out how to expand Tao Qing’s shop for evenmorefashion options! If you’re able to get a Steam Achievement along the way, that’s nice too. But no one should pass up the opportunity to visit everyone’s favorite shopkeep to bring some deadly energy to your next boss fight. Expanding Tao Qing’s wares is thankfully a walk in the park compared to all the other things you have to do and keep track of on your adventure....

I like tedious games. This is exactly why I likeDeath Stranding: preparing for journeys, dealing with issues along the way, and knowing that point A to point B is never going to be quite as simple as it seems. If done correctly, tedium can become relatively relaxing, encouraging some chill micromanagement or focus on a particular thing. If you, like me, enjoy this sort of game and are now looking for something else to jump into afterDeath Stranding 2, then you’re in luck....

In sixth grade, I loved midterm exams: I’d take a quick test or two at school, and then get the whole afternoon off. The year was 2005, and having so much extra time home alone for the first time in my life meant I was going to eat snacks and play Runescape, and nobody could stop me. It was the first MMO I ever tried, and while I was conscious of other games like it at the time, I felt an allegiance to Runescape that lasted until I moved onto a love for single-player games and left MMOs behind....

Nintendocan’t get much right when it comes toMario Kart Worldright now.After pushing out an update which removed the only way to get guaranteed three lap tracksin online multiplayer, Mario Kart fans thought they’d successfully got Nintendo to buckle under the pressure, as a new update that came out yesterdayfinally reduced the number of transmission trackson the select course screen. Mario Kart World was poised to become the game that everyone wanted again, but that was before fans noticed a pretty significant change to the game’s single-player modes that were included in the update too....

Quick Links InBack To The Dawn, whether you decide to play as Thomas the Fox or Bob the Black Panther, you will suddenly find yourself behind bars, either because you were framed or because you’re undercover. But what do you do now? But how do you survive in this hostile environment away from loved ones? Here are some tips and tricks to help you make the most out of your time in the slammer until you can escape and move on with your life....

In an easy-to-miss side quest early on inBaldur’s Gate 3, you can unearth a secret plot orchestrated by Kagha tohelp the Shadow Druids overtake the grove. They can even be seen lurking around the ruins in the form of rats. But if you attempt to confront them before gathering any evidence (read: hurl a fireball at them, or swipe at them with a dagger), you’ll just aggro the entire sanctuary and prematurely end the quest....

Baldur’s Gate 3’s rag-tag bang of Tiefling children are beloved by many. A few of them are orphans, and they’ve all been forced to grow up quickly because of the hard situation they find themselves in. There are also far more than you probably remember. There’s Arabella, Ide, Doni, Gan, Mattis, Meli, Mol, Silfy, Umi, Zaki and the subject of this piece, the deceiver Mirkon. Mirkon is the child you encounter at the Secluded Cove behind the Emerald Grove in the game’s first act, who has foolishly allowed himself to be charmed by a harpy....

Quick Links Monster Train 2is a complex game with multiple clan combinations and loads of meta progression. As you’re first starting out, you’ll have access to the six new clans in the game: the Banished, the Pyreborn, the Luna Coven, the Underlegion, and the Lazarus League. Each has its own unique mechanics, cards, and champion, and the combinations between them play out in interesting ways that can only really be learned by trying out all the different cards....

Quick Links Aluminum is an important resource inDune: Awakeningas you’ll need a lot of it to get your Ornithopter crafted and assembled. It’s also used to upgrade to Aluminum gear and weapons. We recommend building a buggy and attaching a mining laser Mark 4 to begin mining aluminum in some specific locations - we’ve got one of our favorite farming routes below. It’s a perfect loop and can be run repeatedly to maximize your farming of the material....