{"id":13805,"date":"2024-03-21T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/the-surreal-colourful-katamari-damacy-is-20-and-still-the-weirdest-game-i-have-ever-loved\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:37:34","slug":"the-surreal-colourful-katamari-damacy-is-20-and-still-the-weirdest-game-i-have-ever-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/the-surreal-colourful-katamari-damacy-is-20-and-still-the-weirdest-game-i-have-ever-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"The surreal, colourful Katamari Damacy is 20 \u2013 and still the weirdest game I have ever loved"},"content":{"rendered":"

This wacky Japanese game leaves a lifelong impression on everyone who plays it, if only because they can\u2019t get its theme music out of their head<\/p>\n

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My parents were somewhat sceptical of video games when I was growing up. I did have a SNES and then an N64 as a child, but I was allowed to play them only at weekends, so on Fridays I would come home from school and binge on Mario 64 with a huge pack of Haribo Tangfastics. My gaming horizons didn\u2019t broaden until I was a teenager, when I started earning enough of my own money to buy myself a PlayStation 2 and I started hanging out on forums with other nerds whose gaming worlds were significantly broader than mine.<\/p>\n

And the PlayStation 2 had some weird <\/em>games. The N64 did to an extent \u2013 I nurture an enduring fondness for Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon \u2013 but not like Sony\u2019s console. There was Dark Cloud and Monster Hunter, Yakuza and Mojib-Ribbon, God Hand and \u014ckami and Ribbit King, which is still, as far as I know, the only game about frolf (frog golf).<\/p>\n

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\nMy parents were somewhat sceptical of video games when I was growing up. I did have a SNES and then an N64 as a child, but I was allowed to play them only at weekends, so on Fridays I would come home from school and binge on Mario 64 with a huge pack of Haribo Tangfastics. My gaming horizons didn\u2019t broaden until I was a teenager, when I started earning enough of my own money to buy myself a PlayStation 2 and I started hanging out on forums with other nerds whose gaming worlds were significantly broader than mine.
\nAnd the PlayStation 2 had some weird games. The N64 did to an extent \u2013 I nurture an enduring fondness for Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon \u2013 but not like Sony\u2019s console. There was Dark Cloud and Monster Hunter, Yakuza and Mojib-Ribbon, God Hand and \u014ckami and Ribbit King, which is still, as far as I know, the only game about frolf (frog golf). Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This wacky Japanese game leaves a lifelong impression on everyone who plays it, if only because they can\u2019t get its theme music out of their head \u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here My parents were somewhat sceptical of video games when I was growing up. I did have a …<\/p>\n

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