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New York Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
3 Video Games You May Have Missed in April
The video game industry spent much of April talking about Blue Prince, a manor mystery that will be in game-of-the-year conversations because of its layers of interlocking puzzles. Also released was South of Midnight, an action-adventure game set among the haints and rougarous of American folklore; our critic called it 'a sorrowful adventure embellished by magical realism and strands of hope.' Here are three other games you may have missed this month: Promise Mascot Agency Promise Mascot Agency is a peculiar little gem. It's about a disgraced former yakuza who takes over an agency that handles mascots. Yes, mascots, those large furry creatures that hype up crowds at American sporting events and promote small businesses in Japan. Instead of running gambling dens or shaking down store owners for protection money, your character, Michi, must take the straight-and-narrow path, ingratiating himself with these same store owners so they will hire his stable of people-size puppets. This contrast reflects the way management sims are often received. Most players expect to be handed a big gun, or some other lethal power, and get sent out on missions to knock around bad guys and cause some property destruction. Here you're running around a small seaside town, herding parakeets and anthropomorphic blocks of tofu to mall gigs. Yet playing Promise Mascot Agency is a joy. There's endless pleasurable distraction to be found driving your tiny truck around the low-stakes setting of Kaso-Machi, particularly in its colorful characters: a sweet old yakuza widow with a heart of gold, a mysterious mascot who builds scarecrows in rice fields, a bartender who trades gossip and serves drinks while dressed in a gimp suit. This town may be full of weirdos and freaks, but they're also where the heart is. Sharp, observant and shockingly funny writing brings their two-dimensional portraits to life. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Most of the digital bruises I earned playing fighting games came courtesy of developers like Capcom (Street Fighter), Bandai Namco (Tekken, Soul Calibur) and NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat). But even their games can't avoid the influence of SNK's sprawling catalog of mean street-brawlers. After 26 years without a Fatal Fury game, Mark of the Wolves finally has a follow-up. The visual face-lift of City of the Wolves preserves its predecessor's 2.5-D environments, and I found myself deep-diving into the game's turbulent story line. That's expected from a studio that included branching subplots in the dozen King of Fighters titles it has released since the 1990s. Mark of the Wolves featured a first-of-its-kind citywide tournament following the death of a crime lord who had terrorized the fictional metropolis South Town, and whose son had been raised by Terry Bogard, the series protagonist. In true Shakespearean fashion, City of the Wolves includes a shocking familial revelation, magical scrolls and a 'dead' sibling making a surprise reappearance. City of the Wolves is refreshingly complex, although the barrier to entry might be lower for those familiar with move cancels and well-timed blocks. The franchise's two-lane system makes a return, albeit for one stage, and there is an R.P.G.-style single-player mode with missions strewn across the city's map. It is a robust re-entry into the Fatal Fury saga. Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion III There is so much going on in Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion III that it's hard to absorb it all. On the surface, it's a Match 3 symbols game, somewhat like the addicting time-waster Candy Crush Saga. But this is actually a major deconstruction of the genre. The story, featuring the hapless investigator J.J. Hardwell inside a maze-filled, dinosaur-ridden house, is reminiscent of old Sierra On-Line adventure games. It branches forward with diverse revelations, including of a creepy cult and a self-centered wizard. The trenchant humor, so bad it's good (mostly), recalls The Secret of Monkey Island. The story can be moving at times, too. Awful, a blob with three mouths, is portrayed as lonely and shunned. Its meta nature, a game about the travails of making a game, offers insight into a creation process that's often seen as mysterious. But thoughtful experimentation is what Xalavier Nelson Jr. and his studio, Strange Scaffold, do best. If they are not pushing the boundaries of traditional game making, they seem to want no part of it. Here, matching three swords to defeat a rogue computer in a dank basement required enduring 88 grueling rounds. I encountered a puff-chested, swearing bully who thought he was superior to everyone else. He was easy to defeat. And, of course, I threw pies to bring down a clown version of a pterodactyl. Yes, the tales of game-making can veer into the obscure and esoteric. But the wild ride in this lo-fi sci-fi experience leaves the player with a feeling of exhilaration.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
George Foreman's daughter in Minneapolis remembers her dad
The Brief George Foreman's oldest daughter, Michi, lives in Minneapolis and is mourning the loss of her father earlier this week. She remembers him as a pillar in her life, a preacher and someone with wisdom. Foreman tells Fox 9, she believes his cause of death was from all those years in the ring. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Minnesota woman is grieving the death of her father – legendary boxer and heavyweight champ George Foreman – after he died in Texas last week. What we know Most of us knew him from moments like The Rumble in the Jungle. But Michi Foreman who knew him as simply as "dad." "He was a big kid, he played with us like he was one of the kids and all of a sudden try to be serious," Michi Foreman tells FOX 9. What they're saying Now Michi is mourning the loss of her father, who she says lived an extraordinary life. "The last time I saw my father, the life was sort of just not there," said Foreman. She tells FOX 9 her father was more than just someone who took on Muhammad Ali. He was a pillar in her life, a preacher, and someone who often gave her wisdom. She believes his cause of death was from all those years in the ring."I told my brothers and sister, I said he's tired. And they were like, yeah, but he's still fighting. I said, sit back and let God do his work. And two hours later, he was gone," said Foreman. A daddy's girl Michi says she has known her father to be a fighter since she was little. She went to see her father fight during his comeback, but it wasn't easy. "You can't see someone you love like that get hit," said Foreman. She remembers when he became the champ once again. "Everybody was cheering for him, and he won the second time the championship of the world. Went straight down to his knees after the fight, and prayed and thanked God," said Foreman. Michi also talked about how her father was sensitive and cared about people. Whenever a celebrity was going through adversity, he'd give them a call to check on them. Dig deeper Foreman has seven daughters and five sons. All of the sons are named after him. "He was like, well, I don't want any of my sons to feel like they're less than the other one," said Foreman.
