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It can be sad to realize you've finished a game you love. Or in the case of Valheim, a sandbox survival game with no actual ending, to feel like you're finished because you've beaten the final boss. Someday there will be more biomes and bosses added to Valheim (and as developer Iron Gate Studios told us, possibly even mini-bosses ), but that doesn't help you out right now. Sometimes even when you've beaten every baddie and conquered every continent, you just want to keep on playing because you enjoy the world and love hanging out with your friends inside it. If you feel like you're technically finished with Valheim but aren't ready to move on to other games, here are some suggestions to help keep you going. Start over, but skip the bosses this time It might be hard to bid adieu to your base and all your loot, but starting over from scratch has its appeal, too. And this time around you can make it more challenging: play through Valheim without ever summoning a boss. … [Read more...] about 9 things to do once you’ve beaten Valheim

When Carl Wilson died of cancer in 1998, his sons Jonah and Justyn became heirs to their father’s estate. That meant joining with surviving Beach Boys founders Mike Love , Brian Wilson , and Al Jardine to vote on key business decisions, from archival releases to commercials. It wasn’t easy. “The dynamic changed a lot after our father passed,” says Jonah, who was in his late twenties at the time. “Not to say it was all negative, but we had a lot of challenges.” Adds Justyn, “In the beginning, it was just trying to navigate a very complicated group of individuals.” These days, Carl’s sons are more optimistic. They recently came together with the founding members to make a major decision: The band has sold a controlling interest in the Beach Boys’ intellectual property — including their master recordings, a portion of their publishing, the Beach Boys brand, and memorabilia — to Iconic Artists Group, a new company run by longtime music business power player Irving Azoff . … [Read more...] about Inside the Ambitious Plan to Monetize the Beach Boys’ Legacy