I have a soft spot for local coop games and my brother and I had a lot of good laughs playing this. From the hilarious irony of competing to snag friendship bracelets to confusing the Police Chief with nonsense constructed by the sentence-fragment response system, TwinCop knows what it is and hits all the right beats. If you enjoyed GTA II or Hotline Miami, like playing games with a friend, and hate games with extra fluff, you should pick this up.

I found Monster Garden at the Busan Indie Connect Festival. Initially I was hesitant because story-driven, pixel art games are normally not my thing, but I'm glad I gave it a try. Upon putting on the headphones and starting the game, I was transported to a chill place where monsters aren't scary and just wanna hang. Each monster brings its own personality and character flaws to the table, making them relatable like the Booty Biker Boy who wants to pursue dancing instead of biking or just hilariously weird like the pervy hippo that flirts with everyone. Each monster adds a new dialog option, making your choices compound as you go. If I were to change anything in Monster Garden it would be the quality of voice acting and the length of the game; I would like to see the voices rerecorded using a higher quality microphone and I wish the game was a little longer, but overall I loved the music and the experience as a whole.