Dayna Eileen

This is my third time checking out our Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but this time, it’s complete, and after more than 50 hours of gameplay, the main story, and countless side quests and companion quests, I can confidently say it is everything I hoped it would be.

Sitting Down with Alexey Pajitnov & Henk Rogers at Lucca Comics & Games

Everyone is introduced to horror in different ways, but a huge chunk of people in their 20s, 30s and 40s will tell you their first foray into the genre was thanks to the great R.L. Stine. Whether it was through his books like Stay Out of the Basement or Night of the Living Dummy, the late 90s TV show, the Jack Black Goosebumps films or even the newer Fear Street films, R.L. Stines spooky stories have reached millions of people all over the world and have even been translated into multiple languages.

At Lucca Comics & Games 2024, I was able to sit down to my first Dungeons & Dragons session with none other than Jeremy Crawford, Game Director of D&D at Wizards of the Coast. Not only that, but I was able to play in a centuries-old church completely decked out in fifty years of D&D art. I don’t know about you, but I think I am ruined for all future D&D sessions.

Backpacks for women are a curious thing. Finding a backpack that fits my frame as a woman has been the bane of my existence. The bags are either too long and smack me in the back of my head, too wide and impede my arm movements, or even worse, I find countless issues with the straps. Regular backpacks have straps that sit wider than a woman’s frame, meaning while I was lugging my creator gear and laptop around during TIFF 2024, I ended up with bruises on my biceps because they came out so far.

Avowed is set to launch in February 2025, and thanks to Xbox and Obsidian Entertainment, we were able to go hands-on with the first two hours of the game.

I really enjoy the Two Point series, but I often doubt how new versions, like Two Point Museum, will turn out. However, I’ve been proven wrong every single time. I wasn’t sure how the Two Point Studios team would make a museum engaging and quirky, but sure enough, Two Point Museum flourishes with it’s out-there ideas, and I was howling throughout my 10 hours with the game.

I haven’t laughed as hard as I have at The Gutter in a long time. At some point, absolutely silly, raunchy, cheap comedy lost me, with films like Friendship at TIFF 2024 being lost on me. However, when I saw D’Arcy Carden as someone named Skunk, and MILES MORALES himself Shameik Moore tearing off his shirt, I knew I couldn’t resist. What really put the icing on the cake, however, was Susan Sarandon as a hard-core, pro bowler.

To say I have seen a massive number of gaming chairs or office chairs come through the CGM offices would be an understatement. However, when the opportunity to check out the X-Tech Ultimate Executive Chair came up, I just couldn’t say no. The X-Tech strongly resembles my favourite chair to date, the MAVIX M9, and if you have seen any of my chair reviews so far, you know it is hard to beat.

Life simulators and farming simulators have had a massive resurgence, especially in 2024. What is more interesting is how the two genres really cross over now. Even Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduced farming a while back, even if it isn’t a main feature. Now that it is cold again, we are heading into our cozy game mode! So, we wanted to look at some of the newer simulators out there, which include farming sims, life sims and city builders too!