Tom Bowen-Senior Editor

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About Tom Bowen

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and features from time to time, he spends most of his time writing guides these days.

Favorite Games

Tom plays a bit of everything but will always have a soft spot for point-and-click adventure series like Monkey Island and Broken Sword. Also Shenmue, and just about everything else made by Yu Suzuki. His favorite Final Fantasy game seems to change every time someone asks him, but right now he's leaning toward 10 > 6 > 7. When it comes to Zelda, he prefers classic titles like Windwaker and A Link to the Past to the newer 3D open-world stuff.

Favorite Console

Tom's owned pretty much every home console over the years but none have brought him quite as much joy as the Sega Dreamcast. It had some of the best games of its era and was years ahead of its time when it came to features.

Proudest Gaming Achievement

Tom once managed to beat The Secret of Monkey Island in under an hour, which, had he bothered to record it, would have placed him among the top 25 runners on SpeedRun.com.

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The 10 Most Surprising Hits Of 2020

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Assassin's Creed: The 12 Most Powerful Pieces Of Eden

Pieces of Eden are integral to Assassin's Creed's story and world. Which are the most powerful pieces in Ubisoft's franchise?

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While only a select few actors manage to land one iconic role, some performers end up known for multiple hit franchises and characters.

Final Fantasy VII Remake: Every Required Boss, Ranked By Difficulty

The Final Fantasy Remake features a lot of intense bosses players have to face. Here's a look at each one of them, ranked by difficulty.

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Persona 5 Royal seems simple enough, but there are plenty of traps newcomers can get caught in during their first playthroughs.

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Final Fantasy: 10 Things That Make No Sense About Chocobos

Chocobos are beloved by fans of Final Fantasy but there are some things about the over-sized birds that simply don't make sense.

Party members from Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy: The 10 Games With The Most Party Members, Ranked

Over the decades, Square Enix's Final Fantasy series has told the stories of many great characters, but which game introduced the most party members?

The Xbox Series S & X and The PlayStation 5
Every PlayStation & Xbox Console Ranked By Number Of Launch Titles

In terms of quantity, how do the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X & S's launch lineups compare to Sony and Microsoft's previous home consoles?

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5 Pokemon Based On Mythical Creatures (& 5 Mythical Creatures That Would Make Great Pokemon)

The Pokemon series takes inspiration from anything and everything. But one can always count on the series turning to mythology for inspiration.

A Nintendo Switch Joy Con, The Red Ring of Death (Xbox 360) and The Yellow Blinking Light of Death (PS3)
The Red Ring Of Death & The 9 Other Worst Console Issues

The red ring of death is considered one of the worst issues to trouble a gaming console, but it's not the only one gamers remember with horror.

Sky Blue, Final Fantasy VII and Legend of the Millennium Dragon
10 Movies To Watch If You Love Final Fantasy

Whether it's for an intensely imaginative setting or brilliant character work, Final Fantasy fans are likely to appreciate these movies.

Drinking Buddy, a Brotherhood of Steel member and Preston Garvey from Fallout 4
Fallout 4: 10 Actions With Real Consequences

While most actions in Bethesda's Fallout 4 do not matter, the player does have to make a few decisions with real consequences in the RPG.

Excalibur, Skyrim and Conan the Destroyer
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If you've lost countless hours in Bethesda's definitive RPG, Skyrim, then you're likely to love these particular movies.

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Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid), Hagrid (Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone) and Mega Man (Mega Man 1 NA Box Art)
PS1 Hagrid & 9 Other Classic Characters Who Are So Bad They're Good

Most video games, believe it or not, do not age gracefully. PS1 Hagrid is a great example of graphical renders that have grown meme-worthy over time.

Geralt (The Witcher 3)
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