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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing over the past few days. This week, we look up at the sky, with our eyes and through our phones; we live out our fantasies as a tiny fire trying to find their way home; and we find the best cat game you have probably never heard of.<\/p>\n

What have you been playing?<\/p>\n

If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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