A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

23rd November

Hello!

Catch up with the older editions of this column in ourWhat We’ve Been Playing archive.

A screenshot from Asterism, showing a spacesuit-clad character at a control panel of a spaceship - a spaceship that looks like it’s been made out of cardboard.

Dead Island 2, PS5 Pro

Dead Island 2is grim.

It’s an over-the-top tongue-in-cheek depiction of a zombie apocalypse, but it’s still grim.

you could obviously just buy it outright, too, if you’d prefer.

Cover image for YouTube video

Video games, eh… such lovely escapism.

It’s an indie-rock music album discovered through playing a game, because, well, why not?

It’s fun to watch.

A screenshot from paper crafted game Asterism, showing a character running through a two-dimensional forest made of newspaper cuttings, it looks like.

-Bertie

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, PC

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A screenshot from Asterism, showing two characters standing inside a spaceship. The whole scene looks like it’s been made out of cardboard and fluffy bits of material - like a Blue Peter project.

A real-life, lined notebook. In blue ink we see an orderly list of gun names, with some of the names crossed out. It’s Will Judd’s gun-collection list from Black Ops 6.