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15 Best Game of Thrones Warriors

Despite what some legendary TV actors might have you believe, Game of Thrones wasn’t all just “tits and dragons.” The eight-season HBO series based on George R.R. Martin’s sprawling A Song of Ice and Fire saga was far more sophisticated than the sum of its most prurient parts.  The series was an honest and in-depth exploration of political dysfunction. There were no easy decisions to be made and even the best deeds from the most pure at heart rarely went unpunished. Even factoring in its…less than superb final season, Game of Thrones was refreshingly complex pop entertainment for adults. Now,…
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Review

Following up what many consider to be one of the greatest Zelda games ever released was never going to be easy. Nintendo obviously knows this, intentionally electing to take its time developing the highly anticipated Breath of the Wild sequel, so it’s Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity which has the task of satiating people’s hunger for more Hyrulean action until then. Mixing the world of Zelda with the gameplay from the Dynasty Warriors franchise, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is set up as a prequel to the beloved game, and the result is much better than I expected. Set roughly…
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Mulan And The Chinese Women Warriors of History and Legend

While American audiences know the story of Mulan through the 1998 animated Disney film and the upcoming live-action reboot, they may not know that the films are based on a Chinese legend. Hua Mulan is a legendary figure whose story was first told in “Ballad of Mulan,” a folksong first transcribed in the 6th century. In the legend, Mulan is a girl who disguises herself as a man and goes to war in place of her father. Mulan fights for many years as part of the army and, after earning much honor and gifts from the emperor, returns home to…
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