{"id":751919,"date":"2025-11-25T16:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-meals?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:21:54","slug":"five-of-the-best-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/five-of-the-best-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Five of the Best: Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/five-of-the-best-meals.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Five of the Best is a weekly series for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/subscribe\"><em>supporters of Eurogamer<\/em><\/a><em>. It&#8217;s a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It&#8217;s also about having your say, so don&#8217;t be shy, use the comments below and join in!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh and if you want to read more, you can &#8211; you can find <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/five-of-the-best\"><em>our entire Five of the Best archive<\/em><\/a><em> elsewhere on the site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Games have always struggled a bit with the fundamental truth that we, as humans, need to eat in order to survive. The problem is that cooking and eating slow us down and take us out of the action, because theytake time. It wouldn&#8217;t do for Nathan Drake to hang about making a sandwich before exploring a Nepalese temple, now, would it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-meals?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-meals?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. It&#8217;s a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It&#8217;s also about having your say, so don&#8217;t be shy, use the comments below and join in! Oh and if you want to read more, you can &#8211; you can find our entire Five of the Best archive elsewhere on the site. Games have always struggled a bit with the fundamental truth that we, as humans, need to eat in order to survive. 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