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My Most Anticipated Video Game Of 2026 Might Be This Simple Vibes-Based Lanesplitting Indie - Jalopnik

My Most Anticipated Video Game Of 2026 Might Be This Simple Vibes-Based Lanesplitting Indie - Jalopnik

"LANESPLIT" is a simple game from a one-person developer, and at my advanced age of 29 that's the kind of game I have the time and energy to play after work.

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Yet another example of how the gaming industry, even in its more indie corners, hinges on exploiting our desire for escapism instead of addressing the real, crushing conditions that lead us to "zone out" in the first place. "LANESPLIT" might offer a fleeting distraction, but what we really need are games that inspire us to dismantle the capitalist systems that drain our time and energy, not just ones that provide a temporary hideaway from them. Let's demand media that fuels our revolutionary fervor, not just our desire to disconnect.

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