Jakob Barnes

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Jakob is a freelance journalist with close to a decade’s worth of experience across the entertainment and sports industry, with bylines at The Digital Fix, Dexerto, JumpCut Online, and GiveMeSport. His favorite PC game is Football Manager, but when he's not wiling away the hours setting up tactics and scouting for new players, he enjoys driving safely in Grand Theft Auto, swinging around in Spider-Man, and fearing for his life in Alien Isolation.

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Characters from Crusader Kings 3

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Still from the new shooter game Viscera

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Key art for Counter Strike Global Offensive, with Incolatus background

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A still from Frostpunk 2

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Key art from the upcoming game Truckful

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Visor in Quake Champions

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character from Biomorph

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Artwork from the game Hellcard

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character from Nightingale

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Character from The Day Before

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Man in motorbike helmet from THE FINALS

The most fun Suicide Squad character is everyone's least-favorite

Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

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The characters from Dwarf Fortress in the mining caves

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Ilkka Villi as Alan Wake from Alan Wake 2

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Samantha Giddings in Until Dawn

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