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# Back to the BIT.TRIP, frightening Wii U sales, and how games turn us into cyborgs
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/cheat-sheet-103113/
- Published: 2013-10-31T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:12:12.000Z
- Description: Do we have some spooky news for you…
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Because sometimes, there’s nothing scarier than a hamburger with legs. ([*BIT.TRIP RUN*](http://www.gaijingames.com/?ref=killscreen.com), the iOS version of *Runner2*, comes out today on the App Store.)

> If we’re honest, comedy is primitive and underdeveloped in games compared to how it is used in other media… I actually think that because games are interactive, they have the potential to be funnier than books or movies.

[Philosopher / Game Designer Bennett Foddy, throwing down the truth guantlet](http://designerzord.com/articles/2013/10/28/bennett-foddy?ref=killscreen.com) with Sam Rosenthal over at designerzord.com

Horror has always rubbed up next to comedy; we laugh to keep from crying, et cetera. This tease for *[White Heaven](http://www.indievault.it/2013/10/21/white-heaven-in-arrivo-un-nuovo-horror-da-dreampainters/?ref=killscreen.com)* provides both, perhaps unintentionally.

A new study published in the *Psychonomic Bulletin & Review* suggests videogames that ask us to play roles besides our own (i.e., all of them) [may make us numb to reality. But our pain tolerance is heightened!](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131028100940.htm?ref=killscreen.com) So we have that going for us.

Nintendo released [financial results for the fiscal year’s second quarter](http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/?ref=killscreen.com). Though overall profits are up, some numbers are Freddy Kruegar scary: only 10,000 Wii U systems sold in all countries not named Japan or North America since April.

But at least the forthcoming *[Wii Sports Club](http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/?ref=killscreen.com#/wiiu/wii-sports-club/0/3)*[ will make good on the promising ](http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/?ref=killscreen.com#/wiiu/wii-sports-club/0/3)Golf Demo from E3 2011\. Almost time to put on your Payne Stewart pants…

And finally: *Halloween* for the Atari 2600\. Sometimes it’s nice to remember how far we’ve come, people.

*Happy All Hallow’s Eve!*