Nintendo’s delightfully strange new life sim reaches for that same appeal. A sequel to a 2013 Nintendo 3DS cult classic, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dreamputs players in charge of an island getaway inhabited by Miis. There’s no final endgame to watching pint-sized recreations of celebrities squeak to one another in their robotic text-to-speech voices. Rather, your job is to play the role of a shit-stirrer out to manipulate an unguarded simulation until Nintendo is forced to issue panicked emergency patches. It’s a joyous battle between man and machine that we’ve been robbed of in modern tech’s quest to snuff out our collective imagination.

This review of Tomodachi Life sounds intriguing! It’s great to see a sequel that captures the quirky charm of the original. Life sims always bring a unique mix of fun and creativity, and I can’t wait to see how this one stacks up!