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\nWhile I’m not particularly religious, from time to time I do still ponder what heaven might be like. It’s a nebulous, sometimes frightening concept. What could possibly await you in the afterlife?<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s somewhere where concepts like stress and worry don’t exist. Or perhaps it’s just like being asleep, forever. In Neon White, heaven is neither of those things: it’s a place where you kill demons and get horny.<\/p>\n

Last year, co-creator of Neon White Ben Esposito opened a gameplay walkthrough by saying that unlike his more child-friendly title Donut County, his next game would be for freaks. ‘Ah,’ I thought, ‘I think he’s talking about me.’<\/p>\n

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While I’m not particularly religious, from time to time I do still ponder what heaven might be like. It’s a nebulous, sometimes frightening concept. What could possibly await you in the afterlife? Maybe it’s somewhere where concepts like stress and worry don’t exist. Or perhaps it’s just like being asleep, forever. In Neon White, heaven is neither of those things: it’s a place where you kill demons and get horny. Last year, co-creator of Neon White Ben Esposito opened a gameplay walkthrough by saying that unlike his more child-friendly title Donut County, his next game would be for freaks. ‘Ah,’ I thought, ‘I think he’s talking about me.’ Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[277,132,79,6765,21,59,136,7878],"class_list":["post-626395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-anime","tag-arcade","tag-fantasy","tag-fps-shooter","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-pc","tag-platformer","tag-romance"],"yoast_head":"\nNeon White review - speedrunning has never been so stylish | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While I'm not particularly religious, from time to time I do still ponder what heaven might be like. 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