We celebrate the games that kept us sane these past nine months of lockdowns.
While other entertainment industries were suffering the costs that came with an uncontrolled pandemic, videogames were booming.
It’s not a surprise, considering most of America was looking for something (anything!)
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to do as they hunkered down for what would become months of homestay.
(That last one came courtesy of the newAnimal Crossing.)
Miles, the Afro-Latino wall-crawler from Marvel Comics, isn’t like Peter Parker.
PlayStation
Deaf street artist Hailey, lesbian F.E.A.S.T.
volunteer Gloria, bodega owner Teto, and Miles' uncle Aaron (a.k.a.
the Prowler) become integral parts of what makes the city so diverse and distinct.
Ubisoft
Miles himself is also a different hero than Peter.
Speaking of,where is that sequel?N.R.
stealth, hiding-in-plain sight mechanics, etc.
BANDAI NAMCO
), but there are far less opportunities to hook up across the medieval worlds of Norway and England.
Unless I’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places.
The game also urges you to embrace your warrior instincts.
Sucker Punch Productions
7.Ghost of Tsushima
This summer remained largely void of any mega blockbuster movies.
The title came out in July.
That’s just about all there is to the game.
Bethesda
5.Hades
Got time to kill?
Seriously,there are thinkpieces on this.
But that’s an entirely different matter.
Supergiant Games
Dialogue is cleverly written, and adorable animations grant the game’s anthropomorphized animal characters copious personality.
Complicating matters is the reemergence of Sephiroth, a supervillain from Cloud’s past.
Ellie (Ashley Johnson), the young girl from the original, is now a grown woman.
Thunder Lotus Games
Square Enix
Nintendo
Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment
