{"id":8413,"date":"2022-12-23T16:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T15:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/23\/pushing-buttons-stray-sifu-tunic-what-you-loved-playing-this-year\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T15:38:16","slug":"pushing-buttons-stray-sifu-tunic-what-you-loved-playing-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/23\/pushing-buttons-stray-sifu-tunic-what-you-loved-playing-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: Stray, Sifu, Tunic \u2013 what you loved playing this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: The cat games, 80s kung fu fighters, isometric RPGs and more that our readers loved<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Guardian games of the year list will be live just a few hours after this newsletter lands in your inbox. For me it\u2019s been a year of life-consuming epics (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/nov\/03\/god-of-war-ragnarok-review-walk-among-gods-in-a-mythological-epic\">God of War Ragnar\u00f6k<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/feb\/23\/elden-ring-review-an-unrivalled-masterpiece-of-design-and-inventiveness\">Elden Ring<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/feb\/14\/horizon-forbidden-west-review-an-eccentric-adventure-with-robot-dinosaurs\">Horizon Forbidden West<\/a>) balanced out by shorter games with irresistible concepts (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/mar\/17\/tunic-review-finji-recaptures-ost-magic-and-mystery\">Tunic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/nov\/14\/pentiment-review-a-renaissance-mystery-with-an-eye-for-historical-detail\">Pentiment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/jul\/02\/neon-white-review-an-exhilarating-speedrun-through-a-celestial-dreamscape\">Neon White<\/a>, and of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/aug\/31\/immortality-review-a-spellbinding-cinephile-puzzle-about-a-vanished-actor\">Immortality<\/a>, which I still won\u2019t shut up about).<\/p>\n<p>Because I don\u2019t have as much gaming time as I\u2019d like \u2013 which, judging from the emails I receive, goes for quite a lot of the grown-ass adults who subscribe to this newsletter \u2013 I want to play something nourishing when I get the chance, something that expands my mind or confounds my expectations in some way. I am particularly into games that give me a window into a new world, or into someone else\u2019s experiences. But sometimes I don\u2019t have the mental energy for that, and I just want to play something that makes me happy. I may have spent more total time on Splatoon 3 than almost anything else this year.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/dec\/23\/pushing-buttons-stray-sifu-tunic-what-you-loved-playing-this-year\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/42cfab4945a30df745920150e7627a3abd64e7fd\/108_0_3600_2160\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9b92594eae3deb4338c6a35823995114\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: Stray, Sifu, Tunic \u2013 what you loved playing this year\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: The cat games, 80s kung fu fighters, isometric RPGs and more that our readers loved<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nOur Guardian games of the year list will be live just a few hours after this newsletter lands in your inbox. For me it\u2019s been a year of life-consuming epics (God of War Ragnar\u00f6k, Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West) balanced out by shorter games with irresistible concepts (Tunic, Pentiment, Neon White, and of course, Immortality, which I still won\u2019t shut up about).<br \/>\nBecause I don\u2019t have as much gaming time as I\u2019d like \u2013 which, judging from the emails I receive, goes for quite a lot of the grown-ass adults who subscribe to this newsletter \u2013 I want to play something nourishing when I get the chance, something that expands my mind or confounds my expectations in some way. I am particularly into games that give me a window into a new world, or into someone else\u2019s experiences. But sometimes I don\u2019t have the mental energy for that, and I just want to play something that makes me happy. I may have spent more total time on Splatoon 3 than almost anything else this year. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: The cat games, 80s kung fu fighters, isometric RPGs and more that our readers loved Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Our Guardian games of the year list will be live just a few hours after this newsletter lands in your inbox. 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