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

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The South of Midnight main character Hazel, looking tearfully at the camera.

Slice & Dice, Android

I did it - I beat the game on Hard mode!

I also beat the game on Normal just for the hell of it.

And now I feel a curious kind of emptiness inside of me.

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It happens to me.

But for now, I feel satisfied.

Does this happen to anyone else?

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I haven’t enjoyed it.

Bit extreme, but we’re sort of in the middle of a heat wave in England.

The HEAT WAVE has made me irritable enough.

-Tom O

South of Midnight, Xbox Series X

I started South of Midnight earlier this week.

It’s the music that really has its hooks in me.

Some songs are upbeat but others dive into soulful melancholy, providing moments of deep contemplation.

The music in South of Midnight is as much a character as Hazel is.

It is a thing of beauty.