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For the 50th - 12th moments as officially chosen by the Capitals, click here.

11th Best Moment: The Double Dozen - Capitals win two regular season games with 12 goals, setting a franchise record.

On February 6, 1990, ahead of the Capitals' first conference final appearance, the Capitals set their franchise record for most goals scored in a game - twelve - in a 12-2 rout of the Quebec Nordiques (now Colorado Avalanche) at home in Capital Center. Dino Ciccarelli recorded a hat trick, plus a fourth goal, in the onslaught. Thirteen years later, on January 11, 2003, they would rout the Florida Panthers at MCI Center by the same score, with Jaromir Jagr being the hat trick hero.

10th Best Moment: The Miracle of Christmas 1979 - Capitals score 5 goals in a 3rd period for biggest comeback in franchise history vs. Rangers.

Five of the Capitals' wins all-time involved erasing a four-goal deficit, a tall order. Out of all these five, only one was won at home, an unlikely 5-4 triumph over the New York Rangers ten days before Christmas in 1979 that put a merry bow on the holiday spirit for fans. Down 4-0 between the second and third periods, the Capitals looked done for until Rick Green put Washington on the board with 16:59 left on the clock (the shortest amount of time left in regulation out of all these 5 comeback wins), with Wes Jarvis following a minute later. When ten minutes remained, three more Capitals scored within the next five minutes to complete the comeback, to the thrill of the crowd.

9th Best Moment: The 2011 Winter Classic - The Capitals' first outdoor game, a 3-1 triumph over the rival Penguins.

Several seasons in, the rivalry between the Capitals and the Penguins was showing no signs of abating as they relished an opportunity to enjoy an outdoor showdown as a new wrinkle in their rivalry. The Penguins looked to make the most out of home ice advantage as thousands of faithful gathered at Heinz Field, home of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers. Evgeni Malkin struck first for Pittsburgh after a scoreless first period, but the Capitals would answer with three straight goals to best their nemesis 3-1, making their very first outdoor game one to remember.

8th Best Moment: First Playoff Series Win Over Penguins - The Capitals eliminate the Penguins in the playoffs for the first time in 1994's first round, four games to two.

Burned by how their first two playoff losses to Pittsburgh led to their back-to-back first two Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992, the Capitals were thirsting for just a single moment when they could triumph against a challenging foe. In the 1994 playoffs, which notoriously ended with a riot in Vancouver over their Canucks coming one win short of the Cup, the Capitals and the Penguins faced off in the first round, with the latter holding home ice advantage. The Capitals seized a 3-1 series lead over the Penguins as before, but this time, they were able to cut their comeback short with a big Game 6 win at home, 6-3. This first series win over Pittsburgh in particular gave Washington hope that their rivals could ever be beaten in the postseason.

7th Best Moment: 2018 Stadium Series vs. Maple Leafs - The Capitals' third outdoor game, a 5-2 home triumph over the Maple Leafs at the U.S. Naval Academy

Sometimes, the outcome of a season's outdoor game could influence a team's Stanley Cup destiny for that season, and there have been no shortage of outdoor games in which a team's mere participation in an outdoor game would foretell a Stanley Cup championship. Some Caps fans hoped that an outdoor game win would bode well for the team's Stanley Cup chances and were ultimately delighted to see it come to pass after witnessing the Capitals' 5-2 triumph over the Maple Leafs on March 3rd at the US Naval Academy's Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. This was one of many wins in March that helped the team build momentum that would also contribute to a Stanley Cup run.

6th Best Moment: Alex Ovechkin Breaks Power Play Goal Record - Ovechkin scores 275th power play goal to surpass Dave Andreychuk for most in the NHL at Red Wings

The Capitals ended the year 2021 with a bang by routing the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena, 3-1 on New Year's Eve. But it was no ordinary victory, because it was the game when Washington captain Alex Ovechkin surpassed Dave Andreychuk for most power play goals scored in the NHL. The record-breaking goal was the go-ahead goal that put Washington ahead 2-1 in the dying seconds of a Detroit penalty. As the goal occurred so close to the penalty's natural expiration, the game was briefly delayed so that officials could verify that Ovechkin's goal was truly his 275th, record-breaking, power-play goal in earnest.

5th Best Moment: 2018 Eastern Conference Finals - The Capitals defeat the Lightning 4-3 to reach the Stanley Cup Finals again

Following only their second playoff win over the defending Pittsburgh Penguins, who won their fourth and fifth Stanley Cups back-to-back, the Capitals found themselves in a precious moment that they hoped not to waste - a semifinal, conference final appearance. But their next foe turned out to be one that they had never beaten before, the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning not only boasted home-ice advantage that graced the Caps in past rounds, but also an 8-game playoff game winning streak against Washington that knocked out the Caps in their first two playoff encounters with them. To get back to the Finals, the Capitals had to achieve a few firsts: they not only had to defeat the Lightning in a playoff series for the first time, but also fully come back from a 3-2 series deficit after losing a Game 5. Fortunately, they were able to do both, unleashing the fury to finish off the Lightning with two consecutive shutout wins at home and then on the road for Washington's 5th Game 7 win.

4th Best Moment: Alex Ovechkin Finally Surpasses Wayne Greztky - Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Greztky's total regular season goal record in 4-1 loss to Islanders

The Capitals' 50th anniversary season was one to remember for more than one reason, even if it ended with them being eliminated in the conference semi-final. As its 50+-win regular season came to a close, the hockey world saw an unforgettable moment that only few would have foreseen years before it happened: Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th career regular season goal in a 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders to surpass Wayne Gretzky's 894 regular season goals. Ovechkin gained a reputation for being a prolific scorer, but even he himself did not think he would go on to accomplish such a feat in his early seasons with Washington. But Ovechkin cemented his place as a mainstay of the Capitals and continued to produce goal after goal, eventually leading to this historic moment when the Capitals, down 2-0 in New York, fed him a power-play opportunity to get themselves on the board. The game was briefly delayed after the goal to allow the Capitals to celebrate this achievement on the ice, with Ovechkin famously being photographed going prone on it. Not even a broken leg early into this season, the worst injury of his career, would stop him from getting here.

3rd Best Moment: Second Playoff Series Win Over Penguins - The Capitals eliminate the Penguins for the second time in franchise history in the 2018 conference semifinals, four games to two

The Capitals were once again frustrated with not only having yet another promising Cup-contending, Presidents' Trophy-winning season ended by their seemingly superior rival Penguins, but also once again seeing them capture another back-to-back Stanley Cup title at their expense, while leaving Washington with none. Flushed with pride and confidence, Pittsburgh sought to three-peat with a sixth Cup in 2018 and dispatched the Philadelphia Flyers in round one of the playoffs to draw a third consecutive playoff encounter against Washington. But this time, the Capitals were more than able to stand toe-to-toe with them. The series had a checkered beginning, culminating in an intense 2-2 series tie like that of the 2009 conference semifinals. Unwilling to let it end tragically like last time, the Capitals erased two early Penguins leads at home in Game 5 before Jakub Vrana scored the go-ahead goal with 4:38 left in regulation to give the Caps a 4-3 lead that the Pens could not answer, resulting a 6-3 victory with 2 empty net goals in the final minutes. With a pivotal 3-2 series lead in hand, the Capitals traveled to Pittsburgh, determined to finish off their foe once again in Game 6. Goaltenders Braden Holtby and Matt Murray stood firm, each surrendering a single goal in the second period. The two teams battled it out to overtime, but Washington was at last able to exorcise its playoff demons, put its conference semifinal troubles behind and advance to the conference finals when Evgeny Kuznetsov seized the puck, charged across the rink and slipped a shot under Murray more than five minutes into the extra period.

2nd Best Moment: "The Save" - Braden Holtby makes a critical save to preserve the Capitals' first win in a Stanley Cup Final, game 2 of the 2018 Finals

Goaltending is an important component to victory in hockey, to the point where certain saves are singled out to be remembered well long after the final horn, especially when it comes to a high-stakes contest like a game in the Finals where Lord Stanley's Cup is only a few games away. After losing their fifth Stanley Cup Finals game in franchise history, a 6-4 high-scoring contest against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1, the Capitals were determined to avoid a 2-0 series hole; the Capitals' prior playoff success on the road would be a key to doing so. Goaltender Braden Holtby found his moment to shine as he hunkered down and turned away 37 of 39 shots in T-Mobile Arena to frustrate the Knights, while the Capitals found more opportune moments to strike, seizing a 3-1 lead that Vegas could only narrow with a Shea Theodore goal in the final minutes of the second period. In the final 2 minutes of regulation, as Washington was unable to extend the lead, the Knights spearheaded an attack with goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury still on the crease. Alex Tuch exploited a hole in the Capitals' defense to set up what appeared to be an easy, low shot into an unguarded side of the net that would have tied the game, but Holtby caught sight of him and made one desperate stretch from one side of the net to the other to shut down what many thought would have been the equalizer, preserving the Capitals' first win in a Stanley Cup final by a final score of 3-2 with a seemingly impossible (and unforgettable) maneuver. Energized by this incredible victory, Washington rolled off three more wins to eventually claim the big prize that had eluded them for long...

1st Best Moment: Winning the Stanley Cup in 2018 - Washington defeats Vegas 4-1 in the Stanley Cup Final to end a 42-year drought of never winning the Stanley Cup

Forty-two seasons is awfully long of a wait to finally accomplish the crowning moment of winning the ultimate league championship for the first time: the Stanley Cup. Though it wasn't the longest wait for a first Cup, those years were more often than not filled with all sorts of failures, including the most heartbreaking ones that have often shattered many fans' hopes that this would be the year over and over, whether it be blowing a lead or being outmatched by a rival or some better, better team that was destined to outdo them all along. A good number of people have anticipatingly joked that Washington was never good enough of a hockey town to even be near the Cup. But after seasons of trying, and through different generations, somehow, the Capitals combined the frustrations and lessons of their past failures with a perfect storm of a lineup, made only possible with some unfortunate key free agency losses after they thought yet another window of winning the Cup had closed, to conquer their playoff troubles and will themselves into a second Stanley Cup Finals appearance against the Vegas Golden Knights twenty years after being swept by the Red Wings in 1998. Despite dropping the first game on the road, 6-4, the Capitals brought in the best of themselves, a diverse, potent offense and a resilient defense, that they have been cultivating for a long time, to undermine the Knights' vaunted low-goal defense and home ice advantage and finally bring the Cup to our nation's capital at last at a time when it was least expected. The heartbreaking wait was at last, long over. May this first championship be remembered forever.

1. Battle of La Forbie
2. Bear Gladiator
3. Blackshirt Note
4. Blackshirt Orders
5. Blackshirt Search Order
6. Boar Gladiator
7. Boat Request
8. Building Instructions
9. Burned Paper
10. Casina Pio IV
11. City of Antioch
12. Code to Safe
13. Costume Shop Receipt
14. Crusader Armor
15. Crusader Cross Mural
16. Crusader's Diary
17. Dead Blackshirt's Letter
18. DiMaggio's Note
19. Dr. Barbieri's Research
20. Emperor Nero
21. Father Borgnino's Letter
22. Fountain Statue
23. Giants Arriving in Rome
24. Gladiator Shrine Solution
25. Hands of Faith
26. Headless Gladiator
27. The Holy Expeditions
28. Junia Statue
29. A Letter of Warning
30. Lion Gladiator
31. Magician Card
32. Mediterranean Map Mural
33. Mithras Born from a Rock
34. The Monster's Gate
35. The Monster's Gate Solution
36. The Nameless Crusader
37. Nephilim Orders
38. Nero Bust
39. Nero's Favorite
40. Note about Relief
41. Notes on Mural
42. On the Tauroctony
43. Pasquinata
44. Peculiar Wall
45. Protection Instructions
46. Pump Room Request
47. Research Note
48. Ring of Sigils
49. Safe Invoice
50. Shield Mural
51. Skeleton's Note
52. Sword Mural
53. Theodorus' Confession
54. Tiger Gladiator
55. The Tomb of Gibborim Solution
56. Trinity Mural
57. Ventura's Letter
58. Water Serpent Blueprints
59. Water Serpent Fountain
60. The Water Serpent Solution

As of Update 8, there is a bug with the Order of Giants DLC in which the Roman Scholar trophy may not unlock if you acquired 60/60 Adventure Notes for the main story of the DLC.

The main culprit behind the bug is that the game's UI mistakenly counts the Tomb of Gibborim Solution note twice. This means that if you got a duplicate of that note, you have not truly found all 60 notes, and still have one note left to find. This bug only affects Adventure Notes.

As it is difficult to figure out which Adventure Note you may be missing, write down the list of Adventure Notes you have, minus the extra ToGS note, and compare it against a master list of 60 Adventure Notes in a guide online somewhere. Figure out the note you're missing from there. Under this bug, you must have 61/60 notes to trigger the achievement.

In Game 5, the Sabres took a 3-2 lead into the dressing room at the end of first period. Then the Canadiens scored three straight goals in the second period for a 5-3 lead to start off third period. They then added one more goal to win 6-3 in Buffalo and take a 3-2 series lead.

Then in Game 6, the Canadiens finished the first period with a 3-2 lead at home, with their three goals being sandwiched by two Sabres goals. Then the Sabres did what the Canadiens did to them in the 2nd period of game 5: score three goals and take a 5-3 lead. Then, even better for the Sabres, they scored three more goals in the final frame to seal an 8-3 victory and even the series one last time for a winner-takes all game 7.

It's not every day we get to see two back-to-back playoff games being a direct mirror of each other...

I have visited London, Rome, Copenhagen, Santiago, Seoul and Tokyo, in no particular order.

Bonus points if you visited Ottawa just to see the Caps play a road game against the Sens!

I'm not trying to be political here, but I would like to bring to your attention that Pailin, one of the rebels you encounter in Sukhothai fighting the Axis powers, is not to be confused with the U.S. politician Sarah Palin.

Initial Release: (December 9, 2024)

• Great Circle Outfit - the default outfit, which Indy normally wears throughout the course of the story
• Temple of Doom Outfit - a more grizzled, lighter outfit featured in more action-packed sequences of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, available only with purchase of the Digital Premium Upgrade.
• Traveling Suit Outfit - a more formal suit worn on Indy's travels in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, available only by pre-ordering the game
• Bullwhip - Indy's standard bullwhip
• Lion Tamer Whip - used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, available only be pre-ordering the game

Update 6 - MachineGames' 15th Anniversary: (October 10, 2025)

• Cairo Adventure Outfit - a lighter desert outfit worn in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Update 7 - 1st Anniversary of Game Release: (December 9, 2025)

• Pankot Palace Outfit - a fancy dark suit worn in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at the Pankot Palace, where disgusting meals are served

Update 8 - Nintendo Switch 2 Port: (May 12, 2026)

• Shanghai Club Outfit - a white suit featured in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Outfit skins are different from disguises and can only be applied to Indy's outfit from the options menu. Outfit skins are unusable during the Marshall College, >!Himalayas!< or >!Shanghai, China!< levels.

It's disappointing that we won't get to crack the whip with one swing of the Joy-Con in the Switch 2 port of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, so let me present you how I'd implement gesture controls in a better world in which MG chose to go out on a limb with the port.

(To dedicate all motion sensors to performing your actions vicariously, looking and aiming are solely delegated to the R Stick.)

Barehanded Combat:

Instead of using the Z shoulder buttons to punch, those buttons are now used to charge up power punches. Thrust the Joy-Con L for a left punch or Joy-Con R for a right punch. You can also swing up for uppercuts, or swing inward for hooks, but all punches have the same damaging effects. Thrust both Joy-Cons to push. Blocking is still done with the L Button and grabbing is still done with the R Button at close quarters.

Whipping:

Hold the R Button and swing your Joy-Con R down to whip. In some cases, if your whip snares something that can be pulled in an interaction, swing the Joy-Con R (without holding any buttons) back up to whip yank.
Improvised Melee Combat:

With an improvised weapon in your hand, swing the Joy-Con R to attack with it or perform a stealth takedown. To charge up a swing, hold the ZR Button, then swing the Joy-Con R while it's held down. To throw a melee weapon, hold the ZL Button and swing the Joy-Con R while it's held down; the longer you hold the button, the more power you put into your throw. Use the R Stick to aim your swings and throws.

Ranged Weapon Combat:

When you have a firearm equipped, you must aim down sights to fire. Hold the ZL Button to ADS, then point your Joy-Con R forward to the TV screen to aim. While the ZL Button is held down, tap the ZR Button to fire. To reload your weapon, leave the ZL Button unpressed, then either tap the ZR Button or tap your Joy-Con L to your Joy-Con R.

Hands-On Interactions:

Sometimes, Indy will need to meticulously engage in a hands-on task when interacting with certain items in the environment, such as removing obstacles or unlocking doors. Perform the appropriate Joy-Con gestures to complete the interaction; most are done with the Joy-Con R, but some will require gestures from both controllers in your hands. For instance, to unlock a door, twist the Joy-Con R to the right. To open a drawer, pull the Joy-Con R back. To open a chest, remove an underwater barricade or pull a chain up, lift both Joy-Cons up at the appropriate speed. Swing both Joy-Cons down to pull a lever back or a chain down. Et cetera...

Zootopia is a huge world with lots of regions and numerous characters. I know the idea of an open world AAA Zootopia game has been floated before, with Grand Theft Auto-style freedom, but I just wanted to discuss one possible technical barrier to such a game - the need to render a massive world with lots of living characters. Like Cyberpunk 2077 on crack. Gaming consoles these days at the time of this post have only grown more powerful one decade since the release of the first film, and now I'm starting to wonder if we've reached the point if we're ready to see an AAA Zootopia open world game being technically feasible on current generation consoles (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch 2), possibly with the unparalleled power of Epic Games' new Unreal Engine 5 only a few years ago.

(My best title for a good open world game for Zootopia would be Zootopia: Explore Everything, a twist on the first film's iconic song "Try Everything", and the plot of the game would be set between the two films.)

While trying to find all the collectibles in this game, you may find it difficult to search for certain collectibles that seem to be on the main map, but actually aren't. To get a better fix on where they actually are, you will need to press the switch maps button to cycle between the main maps and inset maps that provide a more detailed look at smaller underground areas that can help you get a fix on where certain collectibles are. Try pressing this button a few times and checking what sub-maps come up before posting on this subreddit for help.