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I won’t be celebrating the unholy union of the letters ‘a’ and ‘e’ in Secrets of Rætikon. Ugh. Look at it, flaunting alphabetical law. There’s a full three letters between you two in the alphabet, and you’d do well to remember your place! I’ve been reminded of this horrendous vowel mixing because Secrets of Rætikon has felt the warmth of Spring, and is emerging from its Early Access nest next week. The odd and lovely (and immoral) physics puzzler charmed the pants off that John Walker, and I enjoyed my time with it as well. It’s worth adding to your Steam Wishlist if you’re in the mood for an atmospheric Alpen avian action thing. Trailer is beneath.

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On Tuesday I began my second pen-and-paper roleplaying experience, joining three friends for our first trip into Numenera. I’m amazed at how much time and energy the DMs I play with – my other game is D&D – are pouring into the worlds and stories they’re creating. I have that impetus, but not the follow-through.

Arma 3′s new Zeus DLC is tempting, though. It allows you to act as a GM on multiplayer servers, shaping military maneuvers around players in real-time. Less lore-building, more tank-spawning? A button that causes lightning to strike? My laziness could probably stretch that far. It’s out now, and there’s an old developer playthrough below.

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If it wasn’t already plainly obvious, survival games are all the rage these day(z), and zombies – thanks to DayZ’s ever-looming influence – come part and parcel with that. The War Z/Infestation: Survivor Stories hit a little too close to home on that front, and Nether, with its possibly dubious ties to the former, also deals in apocalyptic baddie bashing, but with a slant toward the occult. Rust, meanwhile, frolicked through the gray-green fields with the shambling undead only for as long as it had to. And now it seems EverQuest and PlanetSide developer SOE has come down with a case of the Z diseaze as well, with its “soon” to be available H1Z1 promising DayZ-style antics on a much larger scale.

When Smedley promised a game “dedicated” to longtime Star Wars Galaxies fans, I’m not sure if this is what they had in mind.

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As a huge #Nintendo fan & longtime gamer, its amazing to be inside #TomodachiLife on #3DS as me. Game on! http://t.co/G7qeE2XYI6

— Christina Aguilera (@xtina) April 11, 2014

Make sure to swing by the Hat in Time #PAX East booth starting tomorrow!! Booth #676! pic.twitter.com/JCYUdhHGQe

— A Hat in Time (@HatInTime) April 11, 2014

Download size required is 520 blocks for the patch.

— Vernon Schieck (@kitroplious) April 11, 2014

Download size required is 520 blocks for the patch.

— Vernon Schieck (@kitroplious) April 11, 2014

[3DS/eShop Skater Cat] You can switch to play with Mii when you collect 25 coins! pic.twitter.com/wfi5xy4lHf

— peakvox_en (@peakvox_en) April 11, 2014

#RustysRealDealBaseball now has a Puzzle Swap panel in #StreetPassMiiPlaza! pic.twitter.com/Y6zzVZ2Doc

— Vernon Schieck (@kitroplious) April 11, 2014