Saturday Night Live host (and musical guest) Chance the Rapper brought back his clueless New York Knicks reporter character, Lazlo Holmes, who was last seen in November of 2017 trying his best to cover a hockey game.

This time around, Lazlo was thrown into the deep end of an esports event featuring arena battler League of Legends. Naturally, Lazlo was baffled by just about everything – from being asked his opinion on “Team Echo’s attack strategy” to the amount of female fans flocking to meet iconic player S3X PANDA 99.

You can watch a snippet of the sketch here…

Lazlo Holmes reporting live from…
an eSports tournament? #ChanceOnSNL pic.twitter.com/N9h7Gb2wle

— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) October 27, 2019

Struggling to describe some of the Legends footage, Holmes, befuddled, states “This game looks like how a seizure feels.”

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Nintendo Switch Gaming Console Gen 2 Model with Bigger Battery + Game of Your Choice + Case for $329

This is the best deal we’ve seen for the updated model of the Nintendo Switch and very similar to the Black Friday deal we saw last year. On top of getting the gen 2 Switch, you’re basically getting a game and accessory for just $29. Choose among Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Party, Breath of the Wild, or Splatoon 2. Aside from the new packaging, the main difference is that the new Switch has a much more robust battery life. Expect 4.5-9 hours of charge versus 2.5-6.5 hours for the previous model.

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After sustaining an Achilles injury last Sunday during a WWE live event in Sydney, Australia, Superstar (and host of UpUpDownDown) Xavier Woods is now expected to be out six to twelve months.

The New Day member, having undergone successful surgery, managed to tweet out the perfect “Better, Stronger, Faster” response to all his fans, keeping the Power of Positivity alive and well…

Day 1 y’all….. day 1. I REPEAT THIS IS DAY 1 pic.twitter.com/JCi9LLBZqq

— Austin Creed (@XavierWoodsPhD) October 25, 2019

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Khal Drogo and Jon Snow never crossed paths (or even climates) on Game of Thrones, but both of them fell in love with “Moon of My Life/Queen” Daenerys.

In real life though, actors Jason Momoa and Kit Harington were on hand to help fellow Thrones alum Emilia Clark celebrate her 33rd birthday.

The actress posted this reunion pic to her Instagram, marking the first time Dany’s posed with both of her (human) loves…

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Media Molecule’s Dreams has allowed players to make some pretty crazy games of their own, including a Final Fantasy 7 remake, a kaiju monster simulator, and even a few Game of Thrones tributes. Now Media Molecule says they want to see the games you all make in Dreams, which is a PS4 exclusive, be published on “other devices and beyond,” according to a report from GamesIndustry.biz.

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Those fancy retro mini consoles, like the SNES Classic, are pretty great, but they still cost a fair amount. Good news for us deal hunters, Walmart has a big sale on AtGames’ Flashback mini-consoles, which each come packed with up to 20 officially licensed retro games like Pitfall, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and more. Even better, you can play them on your HDMI TV with a free included dongle. Check the deals out below.

Bandai Namco Flashback Blast

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Season 4, episode 3, “Boy Meets…”, begins with a worthwhile bit of narrated exposition from Midoriya, making clear his current goals as a student hero and what has changed for him since facing off against Hero Killer Stain back in Season 2. Deku now has his provisional licence and, with that, can use his quirk in public to assist pro heroes in battle and to avert disasters. This is the next big step in becoming a pro hero’s sidekick. And Midoriya’s work study is under the tutelage of All Might’s former sidekick: Sir Nighteye. Or so he hopes.

Sir Nighteye himself, while very briefly introduced in Episode 2, really shines in Episode 3 from the beginning. The two disparate halves of his persona – the hyperbolic, serious, and scary salaryman on the surface, and the diehard child-like All Might fanboy underneath – fold together to create an incredibly fun and alluring character right off the bat. And the fact that these two sides of him are established within two minutes shows off the strength of writing and characterisation that’s almost always consistent in My Hero Academia. In fact, the characterisation is so solid here that Sir Nighteye can be clearly understood with the sound off. From his office – with one wall of grey shelves and folios and another covered with colourful dedications to All Might – to his bland suit of grey and white, spiced up by a clownish necktie.

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