Comics
Review: The final installment of North and South
Though at times a bit contrived, Part 3 of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series gives the reader plenty to like.
Entertainment
6 burning questions following the Solo trailer
Fangirl breaks down several possibilities for the film, with some lore on the side.
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Card Games
Preview: Rivals of Ixalan brings tribal warfare to the Golden City
Overall, Rivals of Ixalan promises to bring tribe-based gameplay to the fore in Standard and Limited, while offering many new tools and build-around-me cards for Commander and other casual formats, and the story brings the swashbuckling legend of Ixalan to an exciting conclusion.
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Card Games
Opinion: Wizards of the Coast needs to slow down product releases
Wizards of the Coast pushed their releases to 11 in 2017, which can be overwhelming for the average player and can stretch creative and financial value thin.
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Video games
Ask Dr. Rachel: Tablets are great platform for toddlers to explore learning apps
Do you have a question you would like to ask Dr. Rachel? Send your question via twitter to @linacaruso using the hashtag #AskDrRachel and your question could be featured in next month’s column!
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Entertainment
Review: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ sometimes stumbles, but has strong finish
The Last Jedi is an ambitious, experimental, and thrilling addition to the saga.
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News
Video game training organization Ukatsu aims to promote interpersonal skills among youth
For some kids, online gaming is their primary social interaction with other people and bad habits can develop easily.
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Video games
Fortnite: Battle Royale (PS4) Open Beta Review
The fun was there, even if many simply brush this title off as a studio trying to mooch off of the success of PUBG, while trying counteract its eventual deal with Microsoft.
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Books
Review: Marvel’s Rogue One’s Second Issue Explores Characters’ Inner Turmoil With Finesse
Issue two of six takes on a leisurely pace to explore character but doesn’t back down from action
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Entertainment
The Witcher series makes its way to Netflix
The saga’s next step is to become a drama series developed by Netflix.
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Card Games
Review: ‘Magic: the Gathering’s’ Amonkhet Has Maximum Flavor and Limited Power
Released late last month, Amonkhet is the newest Standard-legal Magic: the Gathering set, bringing the flavor of ancient Egypt to Standard as well as strong graveyard themes, five new Gods, and the newest Masterpiece Series set, the Invocations.
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Video games
Kalahari Waterpark Hosts 3rd Annual Smash’N’Splash Tournament Series
All games together combine for a prize pot of $15,000.
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advice
Ask Dr. Rachel: The three tenets to approaching video game monitoring for children
Do you have a question you would like to ask Dr. Rachel? Send your question to via twitter to @linacaruso using the hashtag #AskDrRachel and your question could be featured in next month’s column!
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Books
Review: Marvel’s Rogue One’s First Issue Faithfully Follows Source Movie
The new issue is one of six following the Jyn’s storyline
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Video games
Review: Mass Effect: Andromeda has plenty of andromeda but not enough mass effect
Fans of the original, more streamlined series may find too many missing elements to make it a complete Mass Effect title.