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FUNNY BUSINESS

Lair of the Clockwork God is a hybrid creature, but not a fancy mythical one like a centaur or chimera. Instead it has the smug face of a point-and-click adventure, and the bouncy bottom of a platformer. You’ll recognize many of the influences fondly pastiched during the course of the game: Monkey Island, Sonic, Celeste, and Super Meat Boy.

But the very best thing about it, the comedy, is—learn to be funny? Let’s be honest: They didn’t get it from games. They certainly didn’t get it from .

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