It’s supposed to be the slow season now, but last week was crazy. We got some really good stories on the site, thank goodness. Here are my top five…
Sex Abuse Survivor Finds Comfort In Video Games – Patrick’s sympathetic, moving piece about a gamer coping with awful memories.
All These Things Actually Happen In Adam Sandler’s Pixels – Chris S.’s (mostly) deadpan retelling of a bad video game movie.
Surprise PewDiePie Video Gives Hope To A Struggling Designer – Patrick’s feel-good story about a pretty cool thing that happened to a young game developer.
Go Play Journey Again – Kirk’s persuasive case about playing a much-lauded game again.
Nintendo’s Shutting Down Wii U TVii Next Month – Mike with a more creative way to report some otherwise-standard video game news.
*New Feature – Headline of the week: Today Is “Hand Job Day” In Japan
Best GIF of the week (from this):
Runner-up GIF (from this):
Special recognition for low-wordcount-posting goes to Mike Fahey forthis gem.
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Top image in this post is an illustration by Francisco Badilla, whose art can be found on DeviantArt and ArtStation and was featured by Luke last week.
