Noby Noby Boy
The Young and the Scoreless
Toddlers step out into the world of consoles
Katamari Damacy
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Katamari Damacy gets rolled up into a text adventure
Game designer Keita Takahashi’s Katamari Damacy (2004) is easily one of the most charming videogames of all-time. It had a silly premise, a colorful aesthetic, and a grin-inducing soundtrack. Katamari Damacy was like no other game in existence. An underrated aspect of it, though, is its whip-smart w
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Lonely dwarf planet Pluto finally finds love as Noby Noby Girl arrives
It’s been a rough ride for Pluto ever since it was demoted in 2006 by the no-good scientists who deemed it unworthy of the proper “planet” classification. It lost its confidence, became altogether uninterested in life, and has been revolving in its own sorrow ever since. After the demotion, all of P
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Slam City Oracles is a royal riot grrrl rumble
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. Slam City Oracles (PC, Mac, Linux) BY Jane Friedhoff You know that feeling you get when you’re around your bestie? It’s like you’re invincible and could destroy or save the world together (de
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Katamari Damacy’s creator will have us unite friends with a giant funsplosion next
While members of the press struggle to properly label Wattam (is it a puzzle game? A sandbox? A friendship simulator?), the latest trailer only continues to defy all categorization and genre. If you haven’t played on of Keita Takahashi’s games before then you haven’t seen a game quite like Wattam, a
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Catlateral Damage reminds me why I’m a dog person
You are a cat. Your owner has left you home alone as they do every day. Your window has opened, and it is time to punish your unwitting human the only way you know how: mass destruction. Such is the premise of Catlateral Damage, a first-person cat simulator by developer Chris Chung. Similar to Katam
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The lovely, pastel Donut County fills the hole created by gentrification
Big hole. Big donut?
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Noby Noby Girl reaches Neptune; earthbound Boys rejoice
Around March 9th, 2014, GIRL became the first worm-like quadrupedal videogame character launched from Earth to reach Neptune. She did this thanks to the untold hours of hard work by players of Noby Noby Boy, Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi’s game about stretching, which allowed players to su
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Check out this beautiful, unreleased PS2 game that influenced Glitch and Ico
The roots of Katamari are in a lost PS2 game.
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Shu’s Garden shows that growing up is hard
Planting a seed in the thirsty soil of videogames.
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Katamari Damacy and the return of "play" in videogames
Miguel Sicart yearns for a bygone era.
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Box Art Review: The surreal consumption of Katamari Damacy
What could be inside this thing? Everything.