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Happy Friday, Watchers!

Have you lived the mean streets of Night City?

This week, I bring you lots of animals! And Gunpla!

Who doesn't like a good space opera?

At GenCon 2024, three of tabletop gaming's most prestigious awards -- the ENNIES -- were swept not by a certain toy conglomerate who wants $180 for a half-edition revision bump, but by a tabletop game that escaped many gamers' notice until its win: Shadowdark.

Though we're still waiting for the updated 2024 D&D Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual (actually coming out in 2025), Wizards of the Coast just announced a new slate of products for next year.

Happy Friday, Watchers, and welcome to our pre-expansion edition of "what to play this weekend." Not all of us dove directly into World of Warcraft: The War Within when early access opened.

Date Everything is one of those games where either you are baffled at why or how anyone would think of this concept, let alone follow it through, with dozens of unique characters voiced by a star-studded cast, multiple relationship types, and statuses, and endings, for every single one of those characters, or you already wishlisted the game on Steam after the first part of this sentence.

While the opening ceremony of Gamescom 2024 left something to be desired in terms of enthusiasm and hype, one offering stood out on the sheer level of authentic human emotion displayed by a passionate creator.

Gamescom 2024 kicks off today, and with E3 thoroughly out of the picture we're all looking to Germany for the latest gaming news.