Schell Games

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"},"id":"4812822f-88a1-411c-9b06-9794d07a844c","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"level":"h2","text":" Party Versus ","customid":""},"id":"67ed537b-c4d0-4f64-9947-0853aba5310b","isHidden":false,"type":"headingBlock"},{"content":{"text":" For Fans Of: Wario Ware , Mario Party , Rhythm Heaven Schell Games dropped this social party game right before the holidays in 2024. Join up to three other friends and play intense, wacky minigames like Hot Potato, Muffled Moovers (where you team up and have to direct your friend's cow to a UFO only you can see), and many more on your way to win the coveted neon Party Crown. Party Versus transforms your entire room into the playspace allowing you to map out exactly what your room looks like and where obstacles might be. After each mini-game, the whole party gets brought together to a shared space to sit between rounds and just hang out. Party Versus replicates the feeling of sitting around the television playing Mario Party with your friends, adds the goofiness of Wario Ware as you jam cupcakes into your mouth, but is way more active than a Jackbox or similar online party game. "},"id":"ae891b02-83e9-45d6-80af-1def5eb99955","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"web","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iHuN1AsnJK8","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":"auto"},"id":"27c4e86a-5263-4174-bd1c-3b8162f601dc","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"level":"h2","text":" Home Sports ","customid":""},"id":"5d3f7aac-33d6-4ece-a8de-916bd5125b36","isHidden":false,"type":"headingBlock"},{"content":{"text":" For Fans Of: Wii Sports Resolution Games nailed that feeling of booting up your Wii for the first time to play with your family with Home Sports . You will be instantly transported to the pickleball court, bowling alley, mini-golf course and more with five different sports to play all in one game. Wii Sports was so innovative at the time because of how good it felt to throw a baseball or bowl a strike with your hands and see that reflected so satisfyingly on screen. Home Sports replicates that experience in VR, making every badminton racket swing and hockey slapshot work perfectly so this never feels like a game, but an extension of the sport you love. We also love how they make each sport just arcade-y enough to bring out the fun, such as the hockey experience combining with elements of air hockey to make the game completely unique. 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The real strength here, however, is the multiplayer. Now, your room becomes the actual deathmatch arena, potentially turning an entire floor of your house or half of your office into the battleground. Spatial Ops multiplayer gives you that elusive GoldenEye feeling of having fun shooting your friends around a shared experience, and the team games make you feel like you're playing paintball or airsoft with friends while staying in your comfy clothes. Plus, Oddjob from GoldenEye isn't in this so you don't have to argue about banning him. 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Taking all of the fun of the original, 2D game but adding to the mayhem through your limited first-person vision, hilarious voice chat, and expressive hand movements is just too fun. Plus, even if you played Among Us to death, there's always new content coming out with new game modes, roles, and cosmetics constantly being added to keep the game fresh. Love games like Ultimate Werewolf? Social deduction, betrayal, and lying to your friends has never been more fun than in VR. 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We don't use this word lightly, but this game is nothing short of a masterpiece that showcases everything possible in the world of VR gaming. If Half-Life: Alyx set the stage in VR for what was possible, Batman: Arkham Shadow is the next monumental leap forward. 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This bundle packs three games' worth of diabolical traps and telekinetic puzzle-solving into one massive dossier, letting you experience Agent Phoenix\u2019s entire career from the first car-in-a-plane dilemma to the latest Cog in the Machine chaos. It balances brain-teasing escape room mechanics with hilarious, rapid-fire deaths that make failing just as fun as succeeding, proving that dying really is part of the job description. 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With an endless stream of DLC courses and a physics engine that rewards genuine skill, this is the \"infinite replayability\" title that belongs in every single Quest library, period. "},"id":"1ea54bf5-8e78-4448-a7dd-bd2d0d4dea0e","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"web","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=73vnwJd4ZB4","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":"auto"},"id":"b33899a0-d2f7-4428-b57e-9f822f300a41","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"level":"h2","text":"Resident Evil 4 VR","customid":""},"id":"fb9c3b47-3021-46c1-9ca5-23769217e650","isHidden":false,"type":"headingBlock"},{"content":{"text":" For Fans Of: Outlast, Alien: Isolation , Resident Evil Village Armature Studio took one of the greatest games of all time and somehow made it even better by putting you directly behind Leon S. Kennedy\u2019s eyes. This isn\u2019t just a port; it\u2019s a complete transformation that turns the panic of the village fight or the tension of a regenerator encounter into a visceral, heart-pounding reality. Reloading your weapons manually, parrying chainsaws with your knife, and organizing that iconic attach\u00e9 case in 3D adds a tactile layer to the survival horror that a controller simply can't match, making this arguably the definitive way to experience a masterpiece. 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Flat2VR Studios did an incredible job adapting the \"world\u2019s first trombone-based rhythm music game\" for spatial gaming, turning the chaotic improvisation of the original into a surprisingly immersive musical performance. It captures that elusive feeling of \"serious silliness,\" where you are sweating to hit the perfect note in a complex solo while simultaneously laughing at the absurd honking noises you're generating, making it the perfect palate cleanser for your gaming sessions. 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Whether you\u2019re hunting mice, scratching up the furniture, or just sprinting around with the zoomies, it captures the essence of being a cat so well that you'll start looking at your water glass on the edge of a surface with suspicious intent IRL. 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Between the hilariously dry commentary from the announcers and the \"just one more run\" upgrade loop, it delivers that high-stakes arena energy that makes you feel like the star of a futuristic, lethal game show. "},"id":"c3a136e8-4784-42ab-a46c-b34dddbb0de1","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"location":"web","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sj_L-OWG_vE","video":[],"poster":[],"caption":"","autoplay":"false","muted":"true","loop":"false","controls":"true","preload":"auto"},"id":"6aff2d4b-3d10-4174-8128-493a643471ce","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"}]

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