Oh no. This week we're forcing game characters into romantic couples. It's the shipping forecast. Alice L reckons Chell from Portal and Lara Croft would make a good couple, raiding tombs together. Brendan disagrees, putting Lara into a doomed relationship with Adam Jensen from Deus Ex. And Nate thinks the Stardew Valley protagonist would have a four-month affair with the engineer from Factorio.

We’ve also been playing stuff. Brendan is clawing through rubbish bins in Pathologic 2. Alice L is enjoying the waves of The Sims 4: Island Living. And Nate has been off to the Baltic in both real life and in Crusader Kings 2. Nice.

Links:

Dance, Voldo, Dance: https://youtu.be/XNGjSll2_Uc

No, they still make Matchmakers: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=matchmakers

Alice L flipping out in The Sims 4 Island Living: https://youtu.be/6NPSlsSUGyc

Our Battlefleet Gothic Armada II review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/24/battlefleet-gothic-armada-2-review/

Pathologic 2’s spooky train summoning: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/24/pathologic-2-train-summoning/

The spooky Twitter video that scared Alice L: https://twitter.com/angelachavezz/status/1146116162305970176

The Vocal Coach videos Alice L likes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CDCOdZKTU8

The Ants Man wot Nate likes, keeping them as pets: https://youtu.be/UUCoajYwo8s

The Fixer by Barnard Malamud, just to remind you life is bad: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3066.The_Fixer