What Is TheGamer Staff Playing This Weekend?
Lately, it has been extremely hot where I live. As I write this, I'm in my home office, pouring sweat, drinking coffee chilled with as many ice cubes as can possibly fit in a mason jar, and daydreaming about when the next polar vortex will bring my house back to more manageable Ice Age range temps.
The temperature will briefly dip back into the 70s — Farenheit, to be clear; I know this sounds freakish to my Celsius friends — over the weekend, before rocketing up into the mid 90s for much of next week. When the outside is this unbearable, the only solution is to point an oscillating fan at your head, tuck an ice pack under your t-shirt, and game, baby, game. Here's what TheGamer staff will be playing while they hide out from the heat.
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I’ve been having a busy week and so I’ll just be diving back into Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While sometimes you want a real challenge, other times you want a game that won't push back on you too hard. When you just want to relax, you can’t do much better than Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I haven’t played the game in a long time, so I look forward to a whole bunch of lawn care, a little bit of crafting, and some catching up with
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