Why Are 1 Million People Playing <em>Brotato</em>?
An odd new group of games is challenging the conventions of its industry.
Last week, recuperating from some dental work, I spent a lot of time as a potato. No, not a couch potato but a video-game potato. With a machine gun. Actually, six machine guns, to be precise. What I’m saying is that, like more than 1 million other people, I was playing Brotato, one of the year’s most unlikely video-game hits.
In terms of basic gameplay, is exactly what it sounds like: an action game starring a sentient starch. Players must guide their potagonist through wave after wave of combat with alien invaders, collecting currency that they can then spend to upgrade their character with even deadlier abilities, traps, and weapons. Because the upgrades on offer after each level are randomized, no two playthroughs are the
