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Woim is the earth-guzzling, self-bisecting sokoban pick-me-up I needed after a week of games industry disasters

While ladling city-builders into the Maw's feeding trough this week, I remarked that being a worm must really suck. Then came the closure of BioWare, layoffs across other EA studios, further depressing genAI revelations, allegations of antisemitism at indie gaming events, a big Capcom data breach, and yet more worrying...

Woim is the earth-guzzling, self-bisecting sokoban pick-me-up I needed after a week of games industry disasters

While ladling city-builders into the Maw's feeding trough this week, I remarked that being a worm must really suck. Then came the closure of BioWare, layoffs across other EA studios, further depressing genAI revelations, allegations of antisemitism at indie gaming events, a big Capcom data breach, and yet more worrying tidyings about Arkane.

I rescind my earlier observation: I would like to be a worm. A happy little worm, tunnelling after golden apples in the moist and forgiving earth, where there are no emails or press releases at all. The only thing I have to worry about down here is my butt growing so big I get stuck behind it. And also getting chopped in half by sliding doors, but it turns out this may actually help with the first problem. See for yourself - video below.

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