Baldur's Gate 3: How to Romance Lae'zel

Quick Links Lae’zel is the first party member players meet inBaldur’s Gate 3. She helps the protagonist through the nautiloid ship during the prologue, and players canrecruit her into the party permanentlyby helping her escape her captors near the nautiloid ruins. Like the other party members, it’s possible for theBaldur’s Gate 3protagonist to romance Lae’zel. However, she can have very particular opinions about how players should behave, which can make it tricky for a traditionally heroic character to get into her good graces....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 836 words · Brittany Sanders

Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass Has a Release Date and Trailer

Today, DICE and Electronic Arts have providedBattlefield 1fans with a better idea of the contents for the forthcomingThey Shall Not Pass DLCwith a new trailer, while also unveiling the expansion’s release date of March 14. Considering the multiple teasers that fans of the World War I shooter have been assaulted with leading up to this reveal, they are likely grateful to now learn that theBattlefield 1expansion finally has a concrete time of availability, and that it’s so soon....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Danielle Adams

Before Game Of Thrones, Lena Headey Gave A Masterpiece Performance In This 85% RT Sci-Fi Show

Lena Headey’s performance as Cersei Lannister inGame of Thronesgave the HBO show one of its most iconic characters. In a series filled with dragons, brutal politics, and world-ending stakes, Headey managed to craft a character who was somehow even more dangerous than the White Walkers. Her portrayal of Cersei was a masterclass in subtle villainy - layered, manipulative, ruthless, and yet strangely sympathetic. She became one of the most complex figures in Westeros, wielding wine and wit like weapons and stealing almost every scene she was in....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1274 words · Jay Garcia

Belkin’s Novel New Power Bank Has Analog Photography Vibes

Today at CES 2025, Belkin unveiled Stage PowerGrip, an unusual power bank that doubles as a phone grip resembling an old-school analog camera. PowerGrip is a regular power bank shaped like an analog camera with a faux film chamber. While it does add a bit of bulkiness, it also provides a comfortable grip and, in keeping with the analog shutterbug theme, a shutter button. The built-in battery has a capacity of 10,000 mAh, which should be enough to charge the most power-hungry iPhone Pro model twice....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Erin Marshall

Best Buy Black Friday in July Sale Discounts Games, TVs, iPads, and More

Best Buy’s Black Friday in July sale is now live, the retailer’s alternative event to Amazon Prime Day and other summer sales. As the name implies,Black Fridayin July is a one-day sale that starts today, June 26, and will end June 27. This year’s sale offers a wide range of steep discounts on all manner of items including iPads, MacBooks, and other Apple products; televisions from Sony, Samsung, and Insignia; as well as games and console hardware....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Brendan Santiago

Bruegel's "Spectacular" Death In The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Finale Unpacked By Kim Coates

Bruegel met a brutal end via methane inThe Walking Dead: Dead Cityseason 2 finale, but the fateful scene almost didn’t come to pass, according to actor Kim Coates. Showrunner Eli Jorné was not alone in falling so deeply for Bruegel as a character, either, as fans and critics alike have heralded him asThe Walking Dead’s best villainin years. Nevertheless, the creative gods prevailed, and Bruegel found himself facing Negan’s bat by the end of episode 8, “If History Were a Conflagration....

July 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1423 words · Nancy Williams

Chef Lawrence Snowden’s Below Deck Season 12 Fate Revealed (SPOILERS)

Warning: This article contains spoilers from Below Deck season 12! Chef Lawrence Snowden got off to a rough start during theBelow Deckseason 12 premiere, and a new spoiler reveals whether he lasts the entire season or not. Typically, the cast members don’t start getting burned out until they’re deep into the charter season. However, as seen in theBelow Deckseason 12premiere,Chef Lawrence realized he was in over his head even before the guests showed up....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 621 words · Justin Baker

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33is a pretty straightforward RPG, without a lot of opportunities for the player to make story choices - until the very end, that is. That’s not to say its story is anything but excellent.Clair Obscurearns its high Metacritic ratingin no small part due to its tragically beautiful story, which follows the members of a perilous expedition in a doomed world. Every year, a distant entity known as the Paintress paints a number in the sky, and, a year later, everyone of that age dies....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1108 words · Aaron Noble

Cut Lord Of The Rings Epilogue Revealed Post-Movie Fates Of 4 Key Characters

The Lord of the Ringstrilogy is already an epic-length cinematic experience, but there was even more cut footage that caught up with four major characters after the adventure ended. J.R.R. Tolkien’s trio of legendary fantasy novels essentially established the literary genre, and have captured the imaginations of readers for well over half a century. The imaginative Middle-earth has inspired countless authors to invent their own fantastical lands, and it’s hard to deny that nearly every fantasy book published sinceThe Lord of the Ringsowes a debt of gratitude....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 884 words · Victor Phillips

Daisy Ridley's Favorite Star Wars Movie Is The Last One I Expected (But The Reason Makes Sense)

Daisy Ridley’s favoriteStar Warsexperience may surprise you, but her reasoning makes sense. As the star ofStar Wars’ sequel trilogy, there was a lot of pressure on Ridley’s shoulders. Her character, Rey, was the embodiment of a new generation of Jedi, especially in the wake of Luke Skywalker’s disappearance and subsequent sacrificial death. Sadly, the sequel trilogy proved to be just as, if not more, divisive as George Lucas’Star Warsprequel trilogy did in the early 2000s, with critics and fans at odds over the sequel trilogy’s lack of narrative cohesion and its handling of the franchise’s legacy characters....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 843 words · Andrew Davis

Dark Winds Season 3 Finally Did Justice To 1 Character It's Been Undermining All Season

After shortchanging her character all season,Dark Windsseason 3 finally did justice to Emma Leaphorn (Deanna Allison) with one specific scene. The last few episodes ofDark Windsseason 3 have made it clear that while Agent Washington (Jenna Elfman) doesn’t have enough to hang Joe (Zahn McClarnon) – yet – she’s getting awfully close. She knows Joe did it, and Joe knows she knows he did it, but as the audience, we know that all the evidence the FBI agent has so far is circumstantial....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1142 words · Jennifer Avila

Destiny 2's New Raid Final Boss Defeated by 2-Player Team

Destiny 2’s newest raid, Scourge of the Past, ends in a boss battle against a giant robot calledInsurrection Prime. In an encounter originally designed and intended for a six-player team to tackle, two skilled players were able to overcome Insurrection Prime on their own without any additional teammates. In what has become commonplace amongDestiny 2’s most skilled raiders, as soon as a new raid is defeated, players start challenging themselves to see if they can complete raid encounters with fewer players....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Donna Wright

Destiny 2's Spicy Ramen Quest Doesn't Have More Steps

The secret Solstice of Heroes quest inDestiny 2that wasleaked earlier this monthis live in the game, and it is less of a quest and more of a collectible. Bungie, the game’s developer, has confirmed that there are no further steps associated with the Cayde’s Spicy Ramen quest, despite players heartily hoping and trying to make it so. With today’s weekly reset, players received a new quest notification on the Director screen for theCayde’s Spicy Ramen quest, guiding them to the Ramen shop in the Tower....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Joan Allen