"One of the great pleasures and burdens of video games is that there are so many of them. There's always something new to play, whether it's a foundational classic, an underplayed indie, or a weirdo experimental masterpiece. I went into 2025 with the vague plan to focus on games I've had in my back pocket but never gotten around to fully exploring, and mostly succeeded."
"But what struck me about this game was that it still felt so vital: its Art-Deco-meets-Mexican-folklore-meets-film-noir style remains distinctive and transporting, its narrative about an afterlife office drone learning to transcend capitalist greed affecting and relevant-and its puzzles? Well, those are kind of screwy. (One example: a sequence in which players intercept a villainous colleague's mail by filling a balloon with coffin sealant, throwing the balloon down a pneumatic mail tube to break the machine,"
An abundance of video games creates constant opportunity for new experiences across classics, underplayed indies, and experimental works. Many players revisit older titles while interspersing shorter recent indies. Several buzzy 2025 releases and anticipated new games contribute to a continuing backlog. Selections emphasize personal play experiences rather than definitive rankings. Grim Fandango Remastered exemplifies a 1990s adventure with an Art-Deco–meets–Mexican-folklore–meets–film-noir aesthetic, a narrative about an afterlife office worker confronting capitalist greed, and eccentric puzzles whose outlandish solutions often underline the game’s poetic design.
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