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About Jared Stewart
Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive storytelling medium. Jared's first console was the PS1, wherein he fell for Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot.
Proudest Gaming Achievement
Earned all achievements/the Platinum trophy in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. It took ~70 hours, okay!?
Favorite Games
Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bloodborne (Sekiro as a close FromSoftware second), Helldivers 2, Hollow Knight, The Last of Us Part 2, and Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales.
Favorite Console
Jared owns a Nintendo Switch, PC, PS1, PS2, PS5, and Xbox 360, but he most fondly remembers the PlayStation 2.
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Marvel Rivals may have shot itself in the foot by releasing a Bag-Man skin early for Spider-Man, particularly before the Fantastic Four has arrived.
What Marvel Rivals’ Season 1 Battle Pass Reveals About Future Content Expectations
Marvel Rivals' Season 1 Battle Pass, Darkhold, has launched and its contents confirm more or less what players can expect in the future.
Why Resident Evil Should Never Abandon Zombies Fully
Resident Evil has made wonderful strides in enemy variety, but its most classic and basic enemy type should forever have a home in the series.
Helldivers 2’s Anti-Tank Emplacement is an OP Answer to Any Massive Enemy
Helldivers 2 recently debuted the Illuminate enemy faction as a terrifying threat alongside the best weapon imaginable to fell it with.
Why Peni Parker is Marvel Rivals’ Neatest Tank So Far
Many Marvel Rivals characters are highly unique with their own niche gimmicks and Peni Parker stands out quite remarkably from her tank counterparts.
Helldivers 2’s Illuminate Planets are Hopefully Mere Amuse-Bouches
Super Earth rests easy with the Helldivers defending it, but the Illuminate's sudden invasion should uproot what little safety net it has.
Helldivers 2’s Latest Warbond Booster is a Must-Have
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How Harry Osborn is the Crux of Marvel’s Spider-Man’s Whole Story
Marvel's Spider-Man has debuted many characters, but none are more pivotal to the overarching narrative than Harry and Norman Osborn.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance Has Yet to Eclipse Murderworld’s Whimsical Charm
No new Marvel Ultimate Alliance is seemingly on the horizon, but the series pressing onward needs to take notes from the original game's Murderworld.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance Has God-Like Shoes to Fill if It Ever Returns to Asgard
Marvel Ultimate Alliance's humble beginnings delivered one of the most immersive adaptations of Asgard and a future sequel should hope to surpass it.
Why a Harley Quinn Arkhamverse Game is Long Overdue
Batman's Arkhamverse has pedestaled Harley Quinn in nearly every entry and she has long been deserving of her own single-player game.
Like The Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s Intergalactic Should Boldly Go Where Few Studios Have Gone Before
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is Naughty Dog's first opportunity in quite a while to pave a new path for itself, even in its storytelling.
Resident Evil 7 and Village Make a Case for Future Games to Uphold Their Antagonist Formula
Resident Evil 7 and Village have put the survival-horror franchise on a path that will be difficult to uphold concerning its slate of villains.
Why Marvel Rivals’ Anti-Venom Skin Likely Sets a Sad Precedent
Marvel Rivals chose to make Anti-Venom a skin for Venom and such a decision will likely have an effect on other characters on the roster as well.
The Ball is in Marvel Rivals’ Court for Destructible Environments
Marvel Rivals' destructible environment gimmick would be a match made in heaven for one possible map related to the X-Men.
The 15 Most Beautiful Games of 2024
2024 held no bars when it came to putting on a clinic in the art department for video games with top-notch examples of fidelity and stylization.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Pulls No Punches with Indy’s Fear of Snakes
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle exploits Indy's fear of snakes and, just when it overstays its welcome, it culminates in a horrifying boss fight.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s Ancient Relic Grind is Not for the Faint of Heart
Anybody hoping to find all collectibles in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, especially ancient relics, is in for quite a country-hopping grind.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s Prologue and Himalayas Make the Best Case for a Han Solo Game
While no such game is rumored, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's biggest spectacles make a case for a standalone Han Solo Star Wars game.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is Secretly a Globe-Trotting Culinary Tour
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a historical adventure romp and a significant part of that journey is the variety of food Indy hoards.