{"id":1437806,"date":"2025-12-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games-of-2025-umamusume-pretty-derby"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:00:00","slug":"how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-anime-horse-racing-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-anime-horse-racing-game\/","title":{"rendered":"How I learned to stop worrying and love the anime horse racing game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-anime-horse-racing-game.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Of all the games released this year, all the triple-A blockbusters and genre-defining smash hits, nothing shook me as much as Umamusume: Pretty Derby. I won&#8217;t deny that it was once a game I was embarrassed to be playing. But now? 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