Games

As a gamer, I’ve noticed Olympic games go two ways. Some try so hard to be realistic, copying the actual events, venues, and all the official rules. Others just go for pure fun, with crazy designs or using famous characters to make the sports more lively. Honestly, both can be great if the game itself is just good. What really matters is how well it takes the challenges of a sport and turns them into something genuinely exciting to play. These five games? They nail that feeling – they’re the best examples of how awesome and competitive Olympic games can be!

In the game Mewgenics, you’ll receive the Fancy Bow early on as a gift. You get it by donating a single cat to Tink, a unique character found in the bottom left corner of the map screen accessible from your home.

How well your cats perform in battle depends a lot on the skills they learn as they level up. It’s best to pick skills that work well with each cat’s strengths and with the skills of their teammates. For instance, freezing enemies is powerful when combined with a skill that instantly defeats or heavily damages frozen foes. Giving skills to cats who already have lots of energy and can move quickly allows them to easily navigate the battlefield and take down enemies.

Even though The Big Bang Theory ended in 2019, it remains popular with fans, especially with the creation of several spin-off shows. The original sitcom became well-loved for its clever humor, which often focused on science and “nerd” culture, and its audience grew with each season until 2016. Recently, a fan recreated a familiar scene from the show within the Sims 4 game.

Currently, only five characters in the game have credited voice actors. All other celebrity appearances are randomly assigned to the cats you breed and use in battles.

The launch of Overwatch Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest on February 10th was a major moment for the game. Essentially a fresh start for Overwatch 2 (dropping the ‘2’ from the title), this new season introduced a story campaign, five new playable characters, specialized roles within those characters, a redesigned user interface, and a host of other changes. The game quickly became incredibly popular, breaking player records on Steam and Twitch within just one day of its release.

Man, Braid was the game that really put Johnathan Blow on the map. When it first came out, everyone was talking about it – critics loved it! It’s honestly one of those games that helped kickstart the whole indie game scene as we know it. It really showed everyone that you could make something special outside of the big studios, and it helped turn Xbox Live Arcade into a place where you could find all these cool, unique games. They recently released an Anniversary Edition in May 2024 for PC and consoles, which is awesome because it means a whole new generation gets to experience this classic.

Since its debut in 2009, the series has changed a lot, even getting its own movie, but the core appeal – collecting loot and unusual guns – has always stayed the same. While it’s a one-of-a-kind game, other shooting games, or series of games, often excel in certain areas more than Borderlands does.

Okay, so to kick off this quest, you need to head over to Kamo Village. From the shrine, go west, but immediately take the right path. You’ll find a Spirit Vein that leads up to this little ruined shrine. Clear out the enemies hanging around there, and a spirit will pop up and tell you he wants to get rid of yokai that are trapped in his picture scrolls. He’ll then ask you to come to his place, which is somewhere in the bamboo forest.

Like many other Mario sports games, you’ll need to unlock most of the characters in Mario Tennis Fever. There are 20 unlockable characters in all. The game does tell you how to unlock them on the character selection screen, but their names and pictures are hidden, which could be confusing if you’re not familiar with all the Mario characters.