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How a Radiohead song inspired 'Where Cards Fall,' one of Apple Arcade's must-play games

Architecture is shuffled and folded to heighten a sense of fragility in "Where Cards Fall," a puzzle game based on vignettes. The look is alternately realistic - we see glimpses of a home, a community and friendships - and abstract, where some moments are dreamscapes that explore life passions.

Each one of its challenges feels a bit like a song, since "Where Cards Fall" presents us with a character and a life and then leaves plenty open to interpretation. No puzzle should take more than a few minutes, and they're stitched together with narrative bridges that give us glimpses into someone's home and work over a lifetime. While it's far from a visual album such as "Sayonara Wild Hearts," a game that feels like an experimental music video, there's something

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