Everything about this game feels unhinged. I want in on this too.

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Chance Townsend

Chance Townsend

Editor, General Assignments

Chance Townsend is the General Assignments Editor at Mashable, covering tech, video games, dating apps, digital culture, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is a proud orange cat father. His writing has also appeared in PC Mag and Mother Jones .

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on April 28, 2026

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Credit: Nintendo

I've never been a Nintendo person. And yet, I've never been this completely captured by one of its games until the company's latest release, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream .

My rapturous attention to it is equal parts FOMO and genuine amazement at the unhinged ways people are playing this game.…