There are seven more sleeps till Christmas! Which means it’s nearly time for PRESENTS to be PRESSED into your hands. Which provides us with a tiresome and tenuous link to the subject of this week’s Hookshot Inc. podcast, in which the team discusses the act of pressing things in video games.

Are the virtual joysticks of planet smartphone acceptable replacements for a physical controller? Are there any motion controlled games which can equal the curious thrill of seeing a game character wave back at you on screen? Which is the Hookshot team’s favourite button? We press ourselves against these questions and more in the sixth (6th!) episode in the Hookshot Inc. podcast season one.

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