{"id":52785,"date":"2022-06-25T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=52785"},"modified":"2022-06-25T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:20:01","slug":"if-you-hated-the-puzzles-in-the-witness-you-might-love-the-looker-or-maybe-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2022\/06\/25\/if-you-hated-the-puzzles-in-the-witness-you-might-love-the-looker-or-maybe-not\/","title":{"rendered":"If you hated the puzzles in The Witness, you might love The Looker. Or maybe not."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parody games don&#8217;t have a great track record. Most of them are cash-grab garbage that fail to successfully mimic the game they are spoofing. Like parody movies, the best ones are good genre products on their own merits while they poke fun of other titles. 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