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Pushing Buttons: Nour is more food art than video game – and it’s a deliciously surreal treat

A shower of chopped onions fall into a bowl of broth, making little plinks on its surface. They are joined by thick ribbons of noodle, and then … an entire raw steak, which flops off the table. Then everything begins to levitate and pulse with multicoloured light.

Everyone I know is playing either or , and here I am playing with my food. Nour: Play With Your Food is a strange wee game that I first played ago at a video game convention, and it’s finally been released. The game presents you with delicious little scenes – a burger tray, a sushi set, a bath full of ice-cream with a shower that sprays colourful sprinkles – and then you press buttons to make delectable objects fall from the sky. Do it

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