{"id":1166883,"date":"2026-02-12T01:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-office-nightmares-games-with-kids-and-tetris-building-games"},"modified":"2026-02-12T01:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:02:07","slug":"what-weve-been-playing-office-nightmares-games-with-kids-and-tetris-building-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-weve-been-playing-office-nightmares-games-with-kids-and-tetris-building-games\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;ve been playing &#8211; office nightmares, games with kids, and Tetris building games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/what-weve-been-playing-office-nightmares-games-with-kids-and-tetris-building-games.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we&#8217;ve been playing. This week, Bertie gets his starchiest white shirt on and descends into the corporate purgatory of <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-stanley-parable\">The Stanley Parable<\/a>, cleansing himself in the nearest river in between, while Tom O both dips back into <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/avowed\">Avowed<\/a> and tries <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/split-fiction\">Split Fiction<\/a> with his son.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-office-nightmares-games-with-kids-and-tetris-building-games\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-office-nightmares-games-with-kids-and-tetris-building-games\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we&#8217;ve been playing. 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