Have You Played?
Adrian HonThe games you should (and shouldn't) play, and how to think about them
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Mars After Midnight
Playdate
$6
Lucas Pope
4 hours
Mars After Midnight is a puzzle game where you run a community support centre. Your job is to admit the right Martians (e.g. non-farters should be kept out of the “Farty Party”), tidy the refreshments t...
Strands
Web
$40/year
NYT Games
5 minutes
Strands is a daily wordsearch-like puzzle game. Words are hidden within a 6x8 letter grid; letters can be connected horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. All the words are based on a theme, with o...
Love Is All Around
Mac, PC, Steam Steam Deck
$9.99
intiny
3-6 hours
Love Is All Around is a Chinese romance game using first-person live action video (aka FMV). You’re Gu Yi, a young man who comes to the big city to pay off his debts and meets six wome...
Pacific Drive
PlayStation, PC
$29.99
Ironwood Studios
Pacific Drive is a first person driving game where you explore the mysterious Olympic Exclusion Zone. Off-road driving and hostile “anomalies” constantly damage your car, so you spend a lot of ti...
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CEO of Six to Start (Zombies, Run!, The Walk), author of A History of the Future in 100 Objects, former neuroscientist and experimental psychologist. Writing a book on gamification.
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