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I generally find it quite frustrating how limited the medium of games insists on being when it comes to engaging in a wide breadth of genres. One particular genre that its filmmaking cousin frequently utilises but is rarely seen within games is comedy. Sure, occasionally a game makes an attempt at telling a joke within a cutscene (failing more often than not (comedy's hard!)), but rarely is it a genre mechanically. So I'm quite pleased to learn of Send in the Clown, a turn-based RPG where you play as a clown that has to save a 12 year old's birthday party… and it only has one turn.

In Send in the Clown, you play as Pockets, a horrendously sad name for a clown. He has been hired to perform at Miranda's birthday party, except it's being ruined by her shitty brother Tad. Your goal, then, is to save the day by saving the party by, uh, fighting a child! That's Tad, to be clear. The problem is, Tad is a dirty trickster, and despite you being a literal adult, isn't easy to take down.…