Streaming services might be convenient, but in an age where there’s no guarantee that films will always be accessible on them, purchasing a few Criterion Collection Blu-rays adds some cinematic security to your home. Right now, you can save big on these films, as Amazon and Barnes & Noble are offering 50% discounts on these cinematic treasures. It’s worth noting that Amazon is still adding to its deals, while Barnes & Noble will offer everything in its online inventory of Criterion Collection films at 50% off. Amazon isn’t likely to match all of Barnes & Noble’s deals, but this promotion–which typically runs at least once each year–is the best time to pick up Criterion Collection releases.

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Elden Ring offers a diverse selection of Ashes of War–special enhancements for changing your skills and affinity on weapons–throughout its open world. Finding them all will take a very long time, but others are much easier. In the case of Ash of War: Unsheathe, it can be obtained pretty much directly after you first enter Limgrave at the beginning of your journey. If you want to know how, we’ve got you covered right here.

Elden Ring: The Shadow of the Erdtree, the game’s first and only expansion, is out now, and we have dozens of guides to aid you in what many are calling the game’s most challenging section. Use ourElden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree guides hubto find things like thefull world map, thebest weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree,how to defeat all of t…

Evangelion fans can get a great deal on a collectible Blu-ray edition of Thrice Upon a Time at Amazon. Normally $37, Evangelion 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time’s Limited Edition Steelbook is discounted to $25.89. Amazon also has the 4K Collector’s Edition for $55 (was $80). The latter released in 2023, while the Limited Edition Steelbook is the most recent Evangelion physical release, as it hit store shelves last summer.

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There’s a lot to love about the PS5 DualSense controller, but there’s also one big oversight–it doesn’t use Hall Effect joysticks. That means it can–and often does–succumb to joystick drift over time, which is less than ideal for a $75 gamepad. Thankfully, Hyperkin has just released a PS5 Hall Effect Joystick Replacement Kit, allowing you to replace both sticks for just $16. They’re proving to be wildly popular (Amazon is temporarily out of stock), but you can still place orders while waiting for inventory to replenish.

Hyperkin’s replacement joysticks are rated for 5 million rotations and thanks to the way the Hall Effect sensors work, they won’t drift over time like the D…

There’s an almost imperceptible sound you hear Sports betting site B Sports when you cross the threshold of a haunted house in Phasmophobia, the co-op ghost-hunting game from Kinetic Games that took Steam and Twitch by storm in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic Come from . As you exit your equipment truck and approach the front door, leaving the outdoor air and rain behind you, you enter a claustrophobic, dark space where a low, airy hum pervades all rooms and floors. This sound, which senior developer Ben Lavender calls “basically […] nothing,” has an outsized, unnerving effect, though when you first hear it, it’s difficult to explain why. It was one of the first details I noticed about the game, and it’s one of several fine…

Following the recent conclusion of the 2024 Major Sports betting site B Sports League Baseball season, Sony’s San Diego Studio has given fans their first look at what’s in store for MLB The Show 25, confirming straight off the bat that the unpopular Sets and Seasons feature will not be returning.

Sets and Seasons appears to be retiring even before MLB 25 debuts, with the developer announcing that you’ll be able to use any card you want in Season 4 of MLB The Show 24, including cards that are in your inventory from a previous season.…