Game-changer
◆ · By seanm · Published 2023-05-04T02:13:38.556Z
Constructor's Note
Nobody asked for this, but here's a puzzle about a bunch of video games that are a few years old. I wanted to write an ode to the games I've been playing lately. Hope you enjoy!
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With 1D, the first part of a Pokémon title that would've made easier crossword fill if it had been EPÉE
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Across
- 1AWith 1D, the first part of a Pokémon title that would've made easier crossword fill if it had been EPÉE
- 6A2020 Video game that should have been called UNCOOL DAD, because your totally unfair, power-tripping dad (who has his own realm named after him) won't let you leave it to do anything fun like go to Mount Olympus and hang out with the other gods
- 7ALike many a video game funded on Kickstarter
- 8AWhen an in-game realm brands itself like one of these utopias, you just know there's something horrible lurking beneath the surface
- 9ABetter crosswordese name for video game Celeste, since Celeste refers to the mountain, not the young girl protagonist. Confusing!
- 10ABetter crosswordese name for Braid, a game where the protagonist decides to play God and mess with the sacred element of Time, just like we do in the US every fall and spring (except in AZ and HI)
Down
- 1DWith 1A, the second part of a Pokémon title that would've made easier crossword fill if it had been AEGIS
- 2DSykes or Maximoff, for two
- 3DMost like one of those sequels that took a weird left turn from the rest of the series (looking at you, Zelda Phillips CD-i games)
- 4DLeashes, but for animals that pull you around
- 5DWow, this is already legit crosswordese: those early 2000s consoles whose initials stood for "Dual Screens." Thanks Nintendo!