Pushing Buttons: Need nostalgia? Crank up the new Playdate console
In this week's newsletter: with its fun gimmicky design and new games every week, this handheld device is taking us back to our Game Boy days
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These days, video games aren't often tied to a particular console or gadget - even if something like Halo or God of War originally appears on Xbox or PlayStation, it will often eventually make its way to PC, and the majority of games come out on everything at the same time. Unless you're playing a console-exclusive game like Returnal, specifically designed around the PlayStation 5 controller with its adaptive triggers and fancy haptic feedback, the experience of the game isn't shaped much by the hardware you play it on. You can play Minecraft with a controller or a mouse or on your phone, and it's still largely the same.
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