Issue #9
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Featured: Number Gacha
A gacha game distilled to its essence. No anime girls, no rare cards, no in-app purchases. Just the dopamine loop of pulling for numbers, stripped down until only the compulsion remains.
This Week's Picks
Forkle
A daily word puzzle that puts a new twist on the crossword. Every cell in the grid holds two letters at once, one for the blue layer and one for the yellow, so you're solving two themed crosswords on the same grid simultaneously.
SimDrive
A browser racing game that uses your phone as the controller. Scan a QR code, tilt your phone, and steer through the course. The kind of clever cross-device hack that browser games are uniquely good at.
Paper Millionaire
A startup stock option horror roguelike. Navigate the unique dread of equity grants, vesting cliffs, and tender offers, where the monster you're fighting is your own cap table.
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