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2015: The Year of XCOM-likes

2015: The Year of XCOM-likes

February 24, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

Classic Ironman! Today with Kyn, Hard West, Darkest Dungeon, Invisible Inc., and Massive Chalice.

2015: The Year of Choices

2015: The Year of Choices

February 23, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

Choose your path in today’s retrospective, with Sunset, Until Dawn, Life is Strange, and Tales from the Borderlands.

2015: The Year of Stealth

2015: The Year of Stealth

February 22, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We need to be very quiet today with Volume, The Swindle, Neon Struct, Hotline Miami 2, and The Marvellous Miss Take.

2015: The Year of Walking

2015: The Year of Walking

February 19, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

Let us take you for a good, long walk with Knossu, Submerged, I am Bread, Home Is Where One Starts…, and Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture.

2015: The Year of Stuff

2015: The Year of Stuff

February 18, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

Unfortunately we did not find a connecting theme between these games. Anyway, here are Cobra Club, Stick Shift, Toren, Mortal Kombat X, and State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition.

2015: The Year of Puzzles

2015: The Year of Puzzles

February 17, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We’re pushing boxes and connecting dots today with Cradle, Snakebird, Infinifactory, and The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna.

2015: The Year of Gravity

2015: The Year of Gravity

February 16, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

What goes up must come down, like Flywrench, Kerbal Space Program, Gravity Ghost, Super Mario Maker, and CRAP! No One Loves Me.

2015: The Year of Friends

2015: The Year of Friends

February 15, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

Today we reconnect with our old buddies Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Subterfuge, Borb the Birb, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, and Rock Band 4.

2015: The Year of Metroidvania

2015: The Year of Metroidvania

February 12, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We unlocked five new doors today, taking us to Apotheon, Titan Souls, Axiom Verge, Kero Blaster, and Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows.

2015: The Year of Cards

2015: The Year of Cards

February 11, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We mulliganed for a fresh set of games and drew Guild of Dungeoneering, Chaos Reborn, Regency Solitaire, Hand of Fate, and Concrete Jungle.

2015: The Year of Crafting

2015: The Year of Crafting

February 10, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We combined a bunch of sticks and ended up with Fallout 4, Subnautica, The Long Dark, ARK: Survival Evolved, and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.

2015: The Year of Space

2015: The Year of Space

February 9, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We’ve taken to the stars with Elite: Dangerous, Rymdresa, Pulsar: Lost Colony, Galak-Z, Deadnaut, and Duskers.

2015: The Year of Metagames

2015: The Year of Metagames

February 8, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We’re going behind the scenes today with The Beginner’s Guide, Clicker Heroes, The Magic Circle, Metal Gear Solid V, and Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist.

2015: The Year of Competition

2015: The Year of Competition

February 5, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

Another five games meet in our arena today: Rocket League, Duelyst, Heroes of the Storm, Killing Floor 2, and Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void.

2015: The Year of Adventures

2015: The Year of Adventures

February 4, 2016 · by Haywire · in Distractions

We’re looking at a dead but very lively genre today with Dropsy, Deer God, else heart.break(), Hot Tin Roof, and Read Only Memories.

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