Thinking about the Action 52 manual, which manages to get at the true essence of "video game"

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Thinking about the Action 52 manual, which manages to get at the true essence of "video game"
ha, some of these are great. now 37% more interested in subjecting myself to Action 52 🤔
every time i read the manual's Streemerz summary i only think of that one reimagining where the main character quips back "I'll make them die a lot each time." in response to the die a little each time line. every game's manual description is a winner, really, they're all just that perfect amount of 'what'
action 52 correctly predicted what streaming careers would be like
It's times like this I remember the perennial Monster Party essay: