Month: February 2021

On the February 8 episode of Raw, Nia Jax battled Lana. During the match, Jax missed a leg drop on Lana, which led to Jax landing on the apron. In pain, Jax yelled out “My hole,” and the internet couldn’t stop talking about it.

An element of wrestling has always been the spontaneity of things. Whether it’s Austin 3:16 catching wildfire, or even Kofimania. Sometimes things happen in the heat of the moment that becomes a fixture of a character and it’s ingrained into them. “My hole” was soon trending on Twitter and continued to trend the day after it happened.

Lots of fans and other wrestlers were laughing and talking about the moment. Even WWE Hall of Famer and former World Champion Mick Foley was endorsing that WWE push this to the moon and back.

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The One Ring, a tabletop RPG based on the Lord of the Rings universe, is getting a second edition. The second edition will get a Kickstarter campaign to fund its release, starting February 11.

The first edition of the tabletop RPG released in 2011 from game designer Francesco Nepitello, who is returning for the second edition. This new edition will feature a new hardbound source book with updated and streamlined rules based on feedback from the last decade of play. It also offers redesigned visual elements for the game, with a “fresh and familiar” look at Middle-earth.

The Kickstarter page is now live ahead of the official start, with an option to sign up for notifications. It does not specify a goal amount yet.

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This year’s Super Bowl 55 was not a very exciting game–the Tampa Bay Buccaneers routed the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in a game that saw KC score zero touchdowns–and the viewership was the lowest on network TV and across the board in many years.

CBS Sports announced on Tuesday that the big game reached 96.4 million viewers, according to Deadline. This includes people who watched on CBS along with other sources. The total number of people who watched the game was surely much higher, though. Even without as many Super Bowl parties this year due to COVID, multiple people in the same home were likely watching the game at the same time.

About 91.6 million people watched the game on CBS by itself, which is down about 8% from the numbers on Fox for Super Bowl 54, and it’s the lowest reach for a Super Bowl network TV audience since 2006 (which was a completely different time in the world as it relates to TV programming and audience reach on network TV).

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Persona 5’s RPG elements have translated well into action combat, and while the story may not hit hard, the Phantom Thieves haven’t forgotten who they are.

It’s always nice to see your friends again, even if your time together doesn’t always live up to the highest highs you’ve experienced in the past. Persona 5 Strikers is a lot like that–it comes with some special moments that foster a deeper appreciation for what Persona 5 is and what it represents. From the wild action-RPG combat to the summer road-trip premise, characters we know and love get to show off how much they’ve grown and prove they can still kick ass in style. Strikers does trip over a few clumsy tropes along the way, and sometimes tries a little too hard to recapture Persona 5’s magic, but when it’s all said and done, I’m glad this reunion happened to begin with.

It’s the summer after the events of the original game, and the Phantom Thieves have a little free time. With Joker being back in town, why not enjoy the break? Before they can even make plans, they’re caught in another round of beating down the metaphysical evils of the Metaverse and changing hearts. This time, the phenomenon is happening all across Japan. Although you follow similar patterns established in Persona 5–fighting through surreal dungeons and living life in the real world–the context is quite different both narratively and gameplay-wise.

What’s Worth Fighting For

Your first few targets have been manipulating people’s desires in order to feed their ambitions for fame and fortune, but there’s a bigger mystery as to how and why there’s strange behavior en masse. You begin to unveil that tragic pasts have led them down a dark path of exploiting the Metaverse. The broader message isn’t to excuse behavior or to say that trauma will surely corrupt its victims–rather, that our circumstances and the people around us (or lack thereof) have significant influence over how we internalize and process pain, and eventually who we become.

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We’re just two months away from Wrestlemania, but WWE Champion Drew McIntyre is face his biggest challenge yet at Elimination Chamber, which will air on the WWE Network on Sunday, February 21. McIntyre will defend his championship against Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles, The Miz, and Sheamus in the chamber match.

On Monday Night Raw, Adam Pearce named the challengers for McIntyre’s championship–all five being former World Champions themselves.

Pearce named the challengers and was praised for putting together a “blockbuster card” by McMahon. McMahon wasn’t the only one pleased with the announcement as AJ Styles made his way towards the ring and had some words for Pearce.

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Three months after the launch of the Beyond Light expansion, Destiny 2 is preparing itself for the next chapter in its current year-long story arc. Season of the Chosen maintenance will begin at 8 AM PT / 11AM ET today and is expected to conclude at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. Update 3.1.0 will be available across all platforms and regions from 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.

Fixes that you can expect after maintenance concludes include the Warsat Public Event in the Cosmodrome’s Mothyards now counting toward bounties, the Merciless fusion rifle will once again increase its charge rate on non-lethal hits, and the lift tube in the Warden of Nothing strike will now open for every player.

Altar of Sorrows bosses will now rotate each day, Crucible Valor and Gambit Infamy New Light quests can be completed after you reset your ranks, and a number of weapons such as Thunderlord will once again render their scope and/or reticle when in use. Bungie is also aware of other issues in the game, such as the Lightseeker Triumph not unlocking after players have found all weekly feathers for the “Bird of Prey” quest, and feathers no longer appear after completing the Bird of Prey quest, and various black Blight Orbs left behind by the High Celebrant refusing to open for fireteams.

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