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# Pinball wizardry gone global, a cyber-shrink’s diagnosis, and Animal Crossing U
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/cheat-sheet-89/
- Published: 2013-08-09T13:41:25.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:08:43.000Z
- Description: It’s the weekend. Don’t forget your daily dose of videogames RX.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

All weekend long, players will be shooting the silver ball for big money and prizes at the World Pinball Championships, held at [PAPA](http://papa.org/index.php?ref=killscreen.com) World Headquarters near Pittsburgh. Don’t miss Sunday’s finals, [broadcast live starting at 10am EST on Twitch TV.](http://killscreendaily.com/twitch.tv/papatvpinball?ref=killscreen.com)

This week’s Nintendo Direct focused on pre-announced games. But one surprise came at the end: The uber-popular *Animal Crossing* is coming to Wii U… in the form of a [free-to-download Plaza where you chat and share](http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/downloads/animal-crossing-plaza?ref=killscreen.com) with fellow players. Just don’t reset!

If you need a little Captain in your life, why not choose *Captain Bubblenaut*? One part *Tiny Wings*, one part Nyan Cat, and a whole lotta heart from an ex-Irrational designer (*Bioshock)* and MIT grad student. Feel the love.

Cyberpsychology is a thing. Practicioner Berni Good thinks videogames can do more than grant escapist fun; [they can ease our suffering.](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2013/aug/07/cyber-psychology-video-games?ref=killscreen.com)

Tech company Joyent has launched Manta, a web service utilizing cloud computing to help crunch big data. More importantly, it helped [describe and explain their inter-office *Mario Kart 64* bouts in unprecedented detail.](http://www.joyent.com/blog/introducing-kartlytics-mario-kart-64-analytics?ref=killscreen.com)

We here at Kill Screen are big proponents of [playing with your music](http://soundplay.pitchfork.com/?ref=killscreen.com). So are THREAKS, who just released *Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians* on Steam. [Maybe this music video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVxk0Si8lkY&ref=killscreen.com) will inspire end-of-the-week dancing?

There’s “inspired by,” and then there’s “INSPIRED by.” But when the source material is *Super Metroid* and *Dark Souls*, we won’t argue. *[Ghost Song](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192311215/ghost-song-a-journey-of-hope?ref=killscreen.com)*[ sounds like a pretty ditty](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192311215/ghost-song-a-journey-of-hope?ref=killscreen.com), indeed.

*Be good.*