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The Besties take a trip into the not-so-distant future of video games, digging into a batch of awesome demos from Steam Next Fest. Whether you want to live the life of anime-style Duke Nukem or an alternate reality 19th-century nun, you will be satisfied!
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Lightyear Frontier, Mullet Mad Jack, Diceomancer, Indika, Death Trick: Double Blind, Little Known Galaxy, Pine Heart, Normal Fishing, Pepper Grinder
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Dune: Part 2
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Bonus links:
Parade’s “150 Joker Quotes To Make You Appreciate the Madness and Put a Smile on That Face”
In good news: The banned trans Joker movie finally has a trailer and a theatrical release!
Eurogamer reviewed Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley!
Every Nintendo Switch controversy, doubt, and debate
Tekken is still weird and that’s what makes it great
If folks are interested in checking out more demos from Steam Next Fest, please consider Star Racer - a retro combat-racer! We just went into Early Access today but the free demo is still available!
Justin kind of alluded to this, but is it time to just start referring to roguelike deck-builders as "Spirelikes"? It has been five full years since the 1.0 release of the game, and it seems to still be impossible to discuss this genre without name dropping it. As someone who has played roughly two thousand hours of the game it is possible that I'm biased, but it just seems like the efficient choice: save everyone from having to say "like Slay the Spire" all the time.