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Warning: contains spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 8 ‘The Lord of the Tides’. In the three centuries between Aegon the Conqueror and Aegon ‘the artist formerly known as Jon Snow’, there are a total of nine Aegons in the Targaryen family tree. That’s standard practice for a royal name (the English got stuck in an Edward and Henry rut for a good few centuries), but clearly impractical when it comes to deathbed wishes and ancient prophecies, as we shall see....

When is the British & Irish Lions tour? What teams will the Lions be playing? 26 June - British & Irish Lions vs Japan 3 July - Sigma Lions vs British & Irish Lions 7 July - Cell C Sharks vs British & Irish Lions 10 July - Vodacom Bulls vs British & Irish Lions - Postponed 10 July - Cell C Sharks vs British & Irish Lions 14 July - South Africa A vs British & Irish Lions 17 July - DHL Stormers vs British & Irish Lions 24 July - South Africa vs British & Irish Lions 31 July - South Africa vs British & Irish Lions 07 August - South Africa vs British & Irish Lions How can I watch the Lions tour on TV and online?...

Our quick take The alternatives to consider Huawei MateBook E - 3.5 / 5 Huawei MateBook E review: Design Dimensions: 278 x 194 x 6.9mm Weight: 640g (tablet), 1,110g (with included keyboard cover) Finishes: Champagne or Titanium Grey 1x USB Type-C (doubles as charging port), 3.5mm headphone jack Built-in fingerprint scanner Huawei MateBook E review: Performance 12-inch IPS LCD touchscreen, 2160 x 1440 resolution Intel Core i5 (7Y54 at 1.20GHz), 8GB RAM Intel Core M3 with 4GB RAM also available Battery: 33....

I’ve never understood why FireRed & LeafGreen are generally absent from discussions about the best Pokemon games ever made. It’s not that I think they are the best - those would be Emerald and Crystal - but they’re well up there with the top of the pops. Some of this boils down to how well Gen 3’s aesthetic lends itself to Kanto, as well as how brilliantly designed all of the quality-of-life improvements were at the time - not that the battle system has been changed much since, mind....

For those in need of a new type of racing experience, publisher PQube and indie developer Level 91 Entertainment have released an early version of their upcoming game, Inertial Drift, for absolutely free. Inertial Drift: Sunset Prologue provides players with a hands-on first-look at what to expect when the full game releases this August. The prologue is free-to-play right now on PC via Steam. Players will be able to choose from two different cars - the Coda Gecko, an all-around balanced type of vehicle which will be great for new players; and the HPE Dragon, a high-performance vehicle that lacks a bit of maneuverability, but provides plenty of power and top speed - while checking out two of the game’s race tracks in Lakeside Loop and Sunset Sea Circuit....

When Square Enix registered a domain for Final Fantasy XIII-3 most wrote it off as a pre-emptive measure, not necessarily a guarantee. After disappointing fans with the true Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix wanted to give that world another go before closing the book on Lightning and her chums, but that was presumed to be it. However, that may not be the case. Before reading on be warned that spoilers for Final Fantasy XIII-2 are about to follow, but they don’t reveal anything about the content of the ending, only the final moment, which, if it’s true, is extremely disappointing....

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series has traveled various points of history. From the American Revolution in Assassin’s Creed III to classical Greece in Odyssey, we’ve seen many different stories across the franchise. However, it’s about time the series gets a new main title set in Asia. Though we were introduced to Shao Jun briefly as she sought out Ezio and later saw her in her own game 2D platformer, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, there’s a lot we still don’t know about the Master Assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood of Assassin....

Over the last few years streaming and YouTube gaming videos have exploded, with popular users like Ninja and PewDiePie making over $500,000 per month by streaming games like Fortnite on their channels. It’s no surprise then that notable personalities outside of gaming are trying their hand at streaming or YouTube gaming channels. Just recently, comedy actor Jack Black announced the launch of his own YouTube channel, Jablinski Games, where he will debut new episodes every Friday....

Our quick take Jaguar F-Type R Coupe - 5.0 / 5 Gun fire Tough (not to) love The British muscle car Prettier, more practical – what’s not to like? To recap The fastest, most furious car Jaguar currently makes is also wilder, harder and more aggressive than you might expect from the refined luxury brand. The F-Type R experience is dominated by the spits and crackles from the exhaust, and the kind of acceleration that makes passengers swear out loud....

Without a doubt, there are currently a plethora of different mods available for Rockstar Games’ open world action-adventure title Grand Theft Auto 5, with many of them bringing unofficial crossover characters into the game. Now, one skillful modder has created a script mod for the game that adds Dragon Ball Z’s most recognizable protagonist, Goku, which is available to download right now. As seen below in the video from the prolific modder and Grand Theft Auto 5 fan known as JulioNIB, players who download the Dragon Ball script mod will be able to fly, teleport, go Super Saiyan, Kamehameha, and Ki Blast their way around the streets and skies of Los Santos as Goku....

The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the most popular video game series of all time. With the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 about a year and a half ago, some fans are wondering when Grand Theft Auto 6 will be revealed and released. Video game insiders are also debating this, as some believe it is many years away, while others think the development is much further along....

Heading into Square Enix’s E3 showcase, most Marvel fans would have been expecting to see new additions to the Avengers roadmap, and not much else. We did get that, but Square Enix gave us so much more - we also got the reveal of a whole new game. Even better, a Marvel game not tied to Square’s growing (yet struggling) Avengers universe. Guardians of the Galaxy, a single-player story-driven game that will be here before the end of the year, and one that could mark the beginning of an exciting redo for Square Enix....

Of the many big-name titles released last year, one that surprised many people in a major way was Hades. Released at the tail end of 2020, Hades blew a significant number of players away with its addictive gameplay loop, memorable and charming characters, and intensely composed music. Although, for some players, the game served as an excellent example of LGBTQ+ representation in the gaming industry. One hidden detail in Hades that some fans may not know about is that there’s a romance option....

Do you believe in the boogeyman? If you’ve ever watched one of the good Halloween movies, the answer is an unqualified yes. The boogeyman is real and he has a name and a Shape: Michael Myers. And for the last 43 years, he’s been cutting a bloody path of carnage across multiplexes everywhere. It began innocently enough in the hands of director John Carpenter, a then young filmmaker not long out of film school who, along with producer and co-writer Debra Hill, plus some friends, wanted to make a genuinely spooky horror movie that borrowed heavily from chillers like Psycho or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre....

Many had been looking forward to seeing Halo Infinite at the Xbox Games Showcase as the series is undoubtedly one of the most beloved Xbox franchises. Despite some fans not enjoying the Halo Infinite gameplay, a lot of fans are looking forward to shooting through aliens as Master Chief in a more open-world. The story also looked epic and the stakes are as high as ever with human existence on the line, and as a result, players have begun to theorize about how peripheral characters may have a larger role in the actual game....

I’ve written about my love of The Simpsons before, and I definitely will again in the future. If we ever get a new Simpsons game - one that isn’t Tapped out - I’ll be right at the front of the queue on launch day. I mean, no one does that anymore, I’ll probably just buy it online, but you know what I mean. Day one purchase, no questions asked. I don’t want to talk about a Simpsons game today though; instead, I want to talk about Hank Scorpio, the greatest one-off character ever....

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery recently received a quiet update that mainly lets Hogwarts students continue Year 3. However, it also adds a new free energy source to the game, meaning players can routinely receive up to eight pieces of free energy a few times per day. The new update for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery makes it possible to tap Peeves, the brightly-dressed poltergeist that haunts Hogwarts, for free energy. This brings the total free energy in the game up to eight at the time of this writing, with Peeves found at the East Tower, next to the Divination Classroom staircase....

It’s been five years since the last numbered entry in the Metal Gear Solid series released, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Since then, there’s only been one other particularly infamous spin-off in the franchise. Two years later, the Metal Gear series has gone quiet with no sign of returning with a sequel. The only major rumors involving the series recently have been surrounding a potential remake of the iconic first game....

Back when Skyrim first released in 2011, players were finally given the option to marry an NPC in the Elder Scrolls universe - outside of mods anyway. All you have to do to get hitched in Skyrim is visit the church in Riften, have the concept of marriage explained to you, buy and wear an Amulet of Mara, and then talk to your spouse of choice to let them know you’re single and ready to mingle....

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves launched all the way back in 2009 on the PS3, over 10 years ago, and so it’s safe to say that some may be confused why the game is currently trending on Twitter, with nearly 2,000 tweets about it and counting. Uncharted 2 is trending on Twitter because the official PlayStation account asked its followers what they think is the most impressive video game sequel. This question prompted a number of replies, but it seems many agree that Uncharted 2 is arguably the most impressive video game sequel....