How To Make Your Pokémon TCG Pocket Experience Better And More Top Tips For The Week

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Pokémon TCG Pocket is absorbing hours (and dollars) by the thousands since it came out, but it’s not always great about highlighting the features that can make your time with it better. We’ve got a good example waiting for you in this roundup. Also, we’ll help you bypass a potentially frustrating limitation you’ll encounter upon starting a second (or third) playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. And we’ll point you to some stellar deals on some hugely popular games. Click on for all this and more.

The Inquisitor steps out of a dark room.

One of the reasons it took me so long to start a second playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is that recreating the Inquisitor, the protagonist of 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, is a painstaking process. I loved making an older version of my Inquisition hero the first time I played through The Veilguard, but the game doesn’t offer the option to import your Inquisitor into new playthroughs like it does with new hero Rook. As a result, you have to once again dive into each customization option for the Inquisitor and fiddle with the sliders until you get them looking just right, and while I enjoyed doing so the first time around, the prospect repeatedly killed my momentum when I thought about starting a second playthrough. However, fans have now found a workaround that allows you to easily import your Inquisitor from another save file and it’s pretty easy to do, if also a little convoluted. - Kenneth Shepard Read More

Three Pokemon cards, with wishlist hearts set top right, on a blurred background.

There are a whole bunch of quality-of-like changes that Pokémon TCG Pocket could stand to introduce, not least giving its UI a significant overhaul to make certain features much clearer. One of those buried features that’s genuinely useful, and yet almost no one seems to know about, is wishlisting. - John Walker Read More

A dragon faces off against an Armored Core for Black Friday supremacy.

A screenshot shows a closeup of a rare Charizard ex card with a gold background.

Opening up card packs is the progenitor of loot boxes, so we can all recognize that occasionally icky feeling while playing Pokémon TCG Pocket. Keeping track of all the game’s numerous currencies certainly doesn’t help in that regard either. Thankfully, there is a modicum of grace for bypassing the RNG with Pack Point Exchange. - Samuel Moreno Read More

The impending arrival of Overwatch 2’s next tank hero has been teased through graffiti in the game’s Oasis map since the beginning of its ongoing 13th season. Now, we finally have our first look at Hazard, the 42nd hero in the shooter’s roster, and he’ll be playable briefly this weekend for those looking to test him out before he joins the game properly next season. - Kenneth Shepard Read More

Azumarrill, Pawmot, and Raichu are shown hanging out on a beach.

Everyone’s got a favorite Pokémon. There are over 1000 of the little (and big) guys, so asking someone which one they like the best means you can get some pretty wide-ranging answers. But which are the most popular in each game? You could argue that the competitive meta might decide, but Pokémon games sell millions of copies and only the tiniest fraction of those are to pro trainers. In reality, the most used ‘mons in the games are going to be the coolest and cutest in the Pokédex. To commemorate the Switch RPG’s second anniversary, Game Freak has released popularity stats for Scarlet and Violet, and has broken down the rankings for a few different contexts, including type, Synchro Machine use, and overall popularity. Let’s break down each. - Kenneth Shepard Read More

A screenshot of Brighter Shores features Steam user reviews.

There aren’t too many MMORPGs that you can just throw up on a second monitor in the background while you watch Crunchyroll or zone out to your favorite podcast about foreign baking competitions. Most require your input as you quest, grind mobs, and run dungeons with random players you’ll never see again. But RuneScape was unique in providing a stomping ground for players who want to experience character growth with minimal effort. Andrew Gower, one of the minds behind RuneScape, ultimately left Jagex to form Fen Research, and now, his first game, Brighter Shores, is available on Steam as a free-to-play point-and-click MMORPG. - Brandon Morgan Read More

A player character takes a selfie with an owl.

The Storybook Vale is the second major expansion to come to the ever-popular cozy game Disney Dreamlight Valley, bringing all new biomes, characters, and stories to tell. Of course, as with the main game, there are also plenty of new critters to meet and befriend. And among these are Owls, the very first critter you’ll encounter during your adventure through the DLC. - Billy Givens Read More

The year isn’t over yet, but if you follow any RPG fans online, then you know they’re calling Metaphor: ReFantazio game of the year material. Well, based on the Steam reviews, those people may be onto something. It’s a highly popular anime-style RPG from developer ATLUS, known for the phenomenal Persona franchise, in a brand-new world that’s more fantasy-inspired than the latter. - Brandon Morgan Read More

A photo shows a man looking at a lot of TVs in a store.

Buying a new television can be a stressful and confusing process these days as there are more options than ever. So let me help you with your upcoming TV purchase by giving you some tips on what to look for in a TV, what’s important, and a recommendation or two if you really don’t want to shop around. - Zack Zwiezen Read More