In the last couple of years there are only two games that I've put over a hundred hours into. One of them is an obscure DS title that I speedrun and the other is Slay the Spire, in indie deckbuilder roguelite that just doesn't hold up to this much play. Yet I can't stop.
Not many people know this but there's a cheat code in Spelunky. By pressing start, down, A and then X you can erase all of your past mistakes and begin with a clean slate. Overzealous use of this has shaped my approach to gaming.
It's the descendent of a game released in 1985. It's an ASCII game that is basically responsible for creating an entire genre that has enjoyed an immense resurgence over the last several years. And now, more than ten years on, the development team who have been keeping the Mazes of Menace kicking have just released a key update.
An update for NetHack.
