{"id":9699,"date":"2023-04-20T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/pushing-buttons-your-top-local-multiplayer-games\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:37:25","slug":"pushing-buttons-your-top-local-multiplayer-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/pushing-buttons-your-top-local-multiplayer-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: your top local multiplayer games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Party quiz games, an interactive thriller, a dungeon crawler and more \u2013 your split-screen multiplayer recommendations are an inspiration. Here\u2019s are some of the best<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/feb\/15\/online-multiplayer-will-never-replace-split-screen-gaming-in-my-heart\">Last month<\/a> I asked you all for your favourite couch co-op or competitive multiplayer games \u2013 that is, games that you play together in the same room, rather than online. It was the biggest response I\u2019ve ever had to a Pushing Buttons newsletter. Thank you to everyone who sent me their heartwarming memories of MegaDrive sessions accompanied by 90s indie music, pushing siblings into lava, and post-pub Tekken grudge matches. Special shout-outs to the reader who credited playing It Takes Two with helping her execute the \u201cmost amicable divorce ever\u201d in real life, and the reader who fell asleep in a bowl of pasta on their 14th birthday because they\u2019d been up all night playing TimeSplitters 2.<\/p>\n<p>You also sent in a wealth of recommendations for modern(ish) split-screen multiplayer games, which I\u2019m delighted to share. Pushing Buttons readers have eclectic taste. I hope you\u2019ll find your next smash-hit party game among them.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/apr\/19\/pushing-buttons-best-splitscreen-multiplayer-games\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6228555b9fcd1a70cbd60f453999dbf67dab2961\/75_0_1800_1080\/master\/1800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a85d677ff35534549572da33095c5d3e\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: your top local multiplayer games\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Party quiz games, an interactive thriller, a dungeon crawler and more \u2013 your split-screen multiplayer recommendations are an inspiration. Here\u2019s are some of the best<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nLast month I asked you all for your favourite couch co-op or competitive multiplayer games \u2013 that is, games that you play together in the same room, rather than online. It was the biggest response I\u2019ve ever had to a Pushing Buttons newsletter. Thank you to everyone who sent me their heartwarming memories of MegaDrive sessions accompanied by 90s indie music, pushing siblings into lava, and post-pub Tekken grudge matches. Special shout-outs to the reader who credited playing It Takes Two with helping her execute the \u201cmost amicable divorce ever\u201d in real life, and the reader who fell asleep in a bowl of pasta on their 14th birthday because they\u2019d been up all night playing TimeSplitters 2.<br \/>\nYou also sent in a wealth of recommendations for modern(ish) split-screen multiplayer games, which I\u2019m delighted to share. Pushing Buttons readers have eclectic taste. I hope you\u2019ll find your next smash-hit party game among them. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Party quiz games, an interactive thriller, a dungeon crawler and more \u2013 your split-screen multiplayer recommendations are an inspiration. Here\u2019s are some of the best Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Last month I asked you all for your favourite couch co-op or competitive multiplayer games &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/pushing-buttons-your-top-local-multiplayer-games\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pushing Buttons: your top local multiplayer games<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9699"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}