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Around the World:  00:06:40

• Cooking Mama Cookstars pulled from Nintendo eShop after causing Switches to overheat and shut down (popular but ultimately false rumor attributed to crytpocurrency mining); developer Office Create sues publisher Planet Entertainment over unauthorized release
• Riot Games' class-based shooter Valorant discovered to use kernel-level anti-cheat driver called Vanguard; roundly (and rightly) criticized as an unnecessarily invasive measure
• Sony reduces PS5 production, citing cost and promotion issues
• Final Fantasy VII Remake releasd; immediate critical success
• Retailers' console inventories fall off sharply as COVID-19 pandemic continues to ramp up
• Sales of Switch and Animal Crossing: New Horizons rocket Nintendo's stock to new year-long high
• China bans new sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, allegedly to quell use of pattern system to promote Hong Kong's efforts to secure liberation
• Beta of Minecraft with RTX released 16 Apr
• Rumors surface of a new dual-screen Switch, from examining current Switch firmware release

Bonus Level 1:  00:41:09

• Sir_NutS, Sadorf - With Heart and Soul - Final Fantasy VII (OC ReMix)
• DusK - Stormbringer - Guild Wars 2 (OC ReMix)
• Tune in with Chewie, Joni Fuller - Clockworks - Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (OC ReMix)

Personal Gaming:  00:50:59

• Noita (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
• Savage Vessels (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
• CrossCode (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now in progress)
• ZeroRanger (Shmup Book Club, Jan-Mar 2020)
• Guwange (Shmup Book Club, Apr-Jun 2020)
• Parodius (Shmup Book Club, Apr 2020)
• Assault Android Cactus+ (PC)
• Tetris: The Grand Master (Arcade)

Bonus Level 2:  01:01:57

• Emunator - Flow State Undercurrents - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (OC ReMix)
• PirateCrab - Kuwanga Banga - Mega Man X (OC ReMix)
• Black Ace - TEYANDEE! - Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (OC ReMix)

Ad-hoc design: 01:15:45

• Spy Hunter-esque endless runner
• Puzzle-platformer dungeon crawler