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Summary Build-A-Bear rubbed Kelly Toys, the company that owns Squishmallow-maker Jazwares, the wrong way last yearby releasing its own line of Squishmallow-like toys, Skoosherz. The two companies have been going back and forth in court ever since with Build-A-Bear recently requesting Kelly Toys send it one of every singleSquishmallowit has designed to date. Polygonhas reported on the latest, somewhat bizarre development in the evolving case between Build-A-Bear and Kelly Toys. Amid a sea of claims and counterclaims as each side has attempted to tie up the other in litigation, Build-A-Bear noted in the latest counterclaim that it needs to get a proper look and feel of Kelly Toys' Squishmallows to determine the similarities - or in Build-A-Bear’s case, prove that there are none....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33is Sandfall Interactive’s first game, and I like it quite a bit. There’s a lot of compelling character writing, the visuals are gorgeous, and its take on turn-based combat itches a part of my brain I had no idea needed itching. There’s tons to love about it. However… Despite liking Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, it’s very clear that it’s Sandfall’s first game. There are several areas where it falls short, and it has a lot of little annoyances that add up....

I playedFinal Fantasy 7for the first time a couple months ago -RemakeandRebirth, not the original. A couple months before that, I underwent an assessment for neurodivergency - autistic tendencies. This is one hell of an opener. How are these two things relevant to each other? Surprisingly, I found myself seeing similarities in the struggles of Cloud Strife. I don’t mean locked away memories – that’s a story for another time – but in how Cloud deals with social emotion....

I’m a seasoned survival game player with hundreds upon hundreds of hours of grinding to my name. I’ve harvested flax in Enshrouded, blood in V Rising, metal ore in Valheim, and cabbages in Project Zomboid. And yet none of this prepared me for the grind that awaits inDune: Awakening. The desert planet of Arrakis is surprisingly abundant with resources, and you need themallif you want to survive and prosper. Copper, iron, blood, water, scrap metal, fabrics, processors, the list goes on and on....

Summary Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford, twoDungeons & Dragonssenior game designers, have both announced their respective departures from Wizards of the Coast. Perkins worked at Wizards of the Coast for 28 years, beginning as an editor for Dungeon magazine before shifting towards game design, where he would eventually become a creative director. Perkins was the lead story designer for Curse of Strahd, by far the most popular adventure book written for fifth-edition (5e) Dungeons & Dragons....

Summary Fortnitefans really want the upcomingStar Warsseason to finally add Lightsaber Pickaxes for everyone to use, and there are already theories that it’s finally happening. For a while now, it’s been rumoured thatChapter 6, season 3 of Fortnite was going to be themed around Star Wars once again, which made sense considering how many times Epic has collaborated with the far, far away galaxy. Those rumours werefinally confirmed a few days ago when Epic teased the Galactic Battle season during Star Wars Celebration....

Quick Links You’re not done withFantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Timeonce you’ve completed its main story. Far from it, in fact. Some things can’t be handled until afterward, while others, like mastering all Lives, probably won’t have been achieved until post-credits. One large-scale activity thatdoesneed to wait until postgame is the deactivation of Sealed Areas. Throughout Fantasy Life i, you will bump into plenty of these, but you’ll need Dark Fire to break the barriers and reap the rewards....

Quick Links You might not think that you’re going to be spending time fishing inSquirreled Away, the cozy survival game where you play as a squirrel. But, you’d have been wrong. Squirreled Away does let you tie a string onto a tiny stick, ready to catch the smallest of fish in your park. There are a few ins-and-outs to fishing in Squirreled Away, and the game leaves you to figure some of it out by trial and error....

Quick Links InInfinity Nikki, there are tasks you can complete to earn fabulous rewards, like diamonds and crafting materials. Each of these is invaluable to a Stylist such as Nikki, and we’ll help you obtain as many resources as you can. The Starlit Moments section of the Pear-Pal menu is a new addition in the 1.5 update, and it’s a useful tool. We’ll break down how to utilize the Starlit Moments section in your Pear-Pal as well as what you may unlock in the Starlit Shop....

Quick Links The Animal Hunt is a limited-time event inRoblox’s Fisch, and it brings with it a whole collection of quirky, animal-themed fish for you to catch. If you enjoy filling out bestiaries and collecting rare fish, now’s your chance to do it again. There are two separate bestiaries tied to this event, one for the First Sea and one for the Second Sea. They feature entirely different types of fish, and in this guide, we will tell you everything you need to know to complete the Sea 1 Animals bestiary, including where to find the event pool and how to maximize your chances of catching every fish....

There’s always something enticing about heroes and characters that deliver pure, unfiltered aggression, especially if they have self-sustaining tools to continue the onslaught. Fortunately,The First Descendantincludes that archetype by introducing Blair, a DPS descendant who controls the flames unlike anyone else. Almost all of his abilities center around one mechanic, Burn, an incredibly useful damage-over-time (or DoT) element that lets you handle several enemies at once. With the correct positioning, Blair can often ignite multiple targets thanks to his AoE attacks, resulting in effortless arena-clearing....

Summary A relatively new mechanic to join the ranks ofMagic: The Gathering’smany mechanics and finality counters put a bit of a hamper on your reanimation goals. The way finality counters work is if there is one on a permanent and it would go to the graveyard, it will be exiled instead, never hitting the graveyard during this process. These counters are a bit of a balancing act for some reanimation effects, as well as an easier remembrance tool for cards that have these effects....

Quick Links With every new update and DLC forCrusader Kings 3comes new systems to wrap your head around. Sometimes these are simple, building upon existing mechanics. Sometimes they change them entirely, or introduce brand-new elements for you to figure out. With the Royal Court came quite a few new additions. One of these systems was Court Grandeur. The Royal Court itself was enough to manage, but each piece of the court itself has a system to manage, too....