amphibious_ReViews

A few games found an unexpected spotlight during the pandemic, mostly thanks to their ability to bring people together digitally when in-person interactions were less common. However, I was still blindsided by Wordle . Contrary to most other COVID-era hits, it initially seems as single-player as a game can get. The only thing that helps get your friends involved is the spoiler-free share option, but that ended up being a lot more important than I had given it credit for. Now the game is big enough to make news headlines every day, and the rights were even bought by The New York Times for their own collection of daily word games. As a daily Wordler myself, I think it can be a fun challenge, and it's definitely better when playing alongside friends. When I first played Wordle , I was immediately reminded of Mastermind . The idea is generally the same, but instead of a pattern of colors, you are trying to guess a five letter word. You get up to six guesses, and each time you can see

The folks behind Exploding Kittens have been pretty active over the past few years, releasing numerous new games alongside half a dozen expansions to their original smash hit. Kitty Letter finds itself in that growing library, but it stands out as the only video game (other than the digital version of Exploding Kittens itself). I only downloaded it because it looked like a funnier version of an addictive mobile game my wife used to play. I really had no idea what I was in for. Kitty Letter is a competitive word game with tower-defense-style mechanics. You can play against real people, but I feel like that lowers the experience to that of a simple competitive mobile game but with The Oatmeal art. It's the story mode where this game really shines. Gameplay-wise, it's really just a set of levels designed to ease you into the game's mechanics. However, the narrative is absolutey hysterical. Never before have I enjoyed eating expired, uncooked fish, or writing nasty online