A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
And I think he’s still hiding under the bed now.
What have you been playing?
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Perhaps I am the baby to Outlaws' Stacking Ring Puzzle.
I feel like that’s what a Star Wars game should do, above all else.
You put on the kettle and get cosy.
‘This is nice,’ you think to yourself as you sink into an armchair.
‘How can this afternoon get any better?’
Your son has a suggestion: let’s play something together, he says.
How wonderfully harmonious this afternoon is turning out to be.
We are the Waltons.
But fast-forward 25 minutes and things have changed.
Battlecries are heard as your now feral family bellows like a herd of angry mastodons.
You realise - somewhat suddenly - how sneaky your innocent-eyed children have become.
Who raised such creatures?!
You throw an accusatory look in your partner’s direction; it wasn’t you.
Well, this was my afternoon playingSuper Mario PartyJamoree.
Things began pleasantly enough.
But as soon as the first star was won, the red mist descended.
Duelling gloves were thrown.
Allies were won and lost.
Two!Ineeded those stars, not him.
But my, if it wasn’t a hoot.
But is he aware?
As I write this, Ethan has been in this state for 16 hours.
Does he know what’s going on?
Is he thinking, ‘What have I done?
What have we all done?’
How many Ethans have been condemned to this ground-level purgatory?
Don’t worry, Ethan, I’m coming to save you.
