![]() Each one spits out a quick joke that’s so funny it would often make me mad! Most modern games that want to be funny do so by giving the player space to find and make something funny happen-games like Quiplash, or even Gang Beasts. There are 135 hidden Toads in Paper Mario: The Origami King, and when you find every one of them, you’re met with an absolutely perfect one-liner. And while it’s a bit of a jalopy-it’s clunky, finicky, and occasionally unstable-I’ve logged over 80 hours playing it since May, and any recap of my 2020 in gaming wouldn’t be complete without it. Tabletop Simulator is mostly just a robust physics simulator-i’s users create the (dubiously legal) adaptations of existing board games for people to download. It’s not the thing I miss most about pre-pandemic life-leaving my apartment literally at all currently tops that list-but it’s up there, and until I can gather with friends again, Tabletop Simulator is putting in work. Setting up all those little bits and bobs and doing a quick rules refresher before spending three hours hunting down Dracula with friends, or just pulling out a hidden role game and watching friends break into a cold sweat while we figure out who was lying (or how to lie to each other). But no one’s having any heavy conversations, and there’s just enough chatter to make you feel connected to the man across the table from you for a relaxing few rounds before Grandpa needs his nap. Maybe he tries to convince you to let him cheat. Cribbage with Grandpas captures that spirit-instead of playing against a faceless AI, you build your grandpa with their own skills and personality, and just have a nice afternoon with him. So long, Hearts! Take a hike, Bridge! Eat shit, Canasta! Cribbage is the king of casual classic card games, and it’s back, baby.Ĭribbage is a favorite card game of mine, ideally played in the summertime, on a porch, with someone who’s temporarily out of things to talk about. Unless… they can’t remaster me can they? I need to make some calls. This game rules, and if I was 17 again, it would be much higher on my list. I mean, thank god they got the soundtrack right. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is the platonic ideal of a remaster, where every addition-new progression systems, tweaks in art direction, new skaters-channels and amplifies the spirit of the original. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2Īctivision finally let Vicarious Visions loose and they gave everyone exactly the Tony Hawk game we’ve been demanding. So, for a few hundred words, here’s a list of things that brought me joy last year. But did that free me up to finally get a gamer chair? You bet my sweet ass it did. Did the chance of a hot person seeing the inside of my apartment this year drop to 0%? Sure, I could dwell on that. ![]() I mean, remember when Josh Gad became completely inescapable as soon as we went into lockdown? God knows that’s been taxing for us all.īut let’s focus on the good stuff. I consider myself exceptionally lucky, in that I’m safe and stable during an age of pure catastrophe, and even I’m drained thinking about the past 12 months. Good riddance! Right? I don’t have anything profound or inspiring to say about 2020 here, but that seems ok. Casey Malone is a professional comedian and game designer. ![]()
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