Split Fiction is everything fans want (and more of what critics fear)

Plus, the best single-player games to play co-op

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This week, the Besties play Split Fiction, the latest game from the creators of It Takes Two. The co-op adventure tells the story of an evil corporation that uses AI to steal creative ideas and create generic sci-fi and fantasy drivel. It's published by EA. Video games!

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Singe-player games that work in co-op:

Thanks for the question, Harrison!

• What the Golf

• Untitled Goose Game

• Goat Simulator

• Thank Goodness You're Here

• The Witness

• Curse of the Golden Idol

• Kentucky Route Zero

• The Walking Dead

• Return of the Obra Dinn

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Movies discussed:

The Substance (lookbook), Bad Genius, Severance

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Hoops IT:

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The Resties Required Reading list:

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Next week on The Besties:

On next week’s The Besties: Wanderstop. (You can try the free demo on Steam!)

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Bonus links:

• Pipe rock theory

• How to behave in a Japanese arcade without looking like a tourist

• Eurogamer’s review of Split Fiction

• Giovanni Colantonio’s “split” review of Split Fiction

• An absolute beginner’s guide to Monster Hunter Wilds