{"id":1361719,"date":"2025-10-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-xbox-decks-walls-arcs-vampires-and-grassy-hills"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:00:00","slug":"what-weve-been-playing-xbox-decks-walls-arcs-vampires-and-grassy-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-weve-been-playing-xbox-decks-walls-arcs-vampires-and-grassy-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;ve been playing &#8211; Xbox decks, walls, arcs, vampires, and grassy hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/what-weve-been-playing-xbox-decks-walls-arcs-vampires-and-grassy-hills.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, Tom wraps his hands around the Xbox Steam Deck with a silly name; Kelsey hits a wall in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hollow-knight-silksong\">Silksong<\/a>; Connor finds balance; Bertie bites lots of necks but gets bored; and Ed wishes for a bit more Sonic in Sonic Racing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-xbox-decks-walls-arcs-vampires-and-grassy-hills\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-xbox-decks-walls-arcs-vampires-and-grassy-hills\">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. This week, Tom wraps his hands around the Xbox Steam Deck with a silly name; Kelsey hits a wall in Silksong; Connor finds balance; Bertie bites lots of necks but gets bored; and Ed wishes for a bit more Sonic in Sonic Racing. 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