Nothing blows my wig quite like the keen sounds of a dog house and gobble pie

pitching woo to the beats of a skin tickler. Oh come on don't be a tin ear

this platter is a ring-a-ding-ding baby. Man, they talked weird back then.

Speak to me, bro.

Oh yeah, I know!

Tonight's party is gonna be late AF!

I am low-key excited to get turned up.

We gotta get savage tonight. Hit me later with the DM fam. Stay woke! I'm going to Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, the thickest show in gaming that's thick with four C's a K and a silent Q-U-E if you're looking for a break from these

Well, you're in the right place in In a year full of great games, Cuphead is easily one of the best, or at least best from a gameplay standpoint.

On the theorizability side, there seems to be a little less meat on the bone.

I mean, the story seems pretty darn straightforward.

Our heroes Cuphead and Mugman find themselves in hot water with the devil

after gambling their souls away.

Since neither of them really want to lose their souls, they strike a deal with the devil and are sent out to collect soul contracts from the other inhabitants on the island to give the devil is due. It's all pretty cut and dry. But before you go running off to your kitchen to explain the dangers of the real world to your cutlery,

I'm about to let you in on a secret that will completely shatter the way that you perceive our heroic bowl-headed boys.

For as innocent and heroic as cuphead mug man and elder kettle may seem,

they're actually no better than the devil himself.

When you look at the evidence, it is clear that these three are active criminals participating in an industry of sin

not gambling like the devil and king dice but instead illegal alcohol sales that's right right, Cuphead, Mugman, and Elder Kettle are all moonshiners.

Smack dab in the middle of prohibition.

Okay, so you're probably wondering just how an inkwell hell did I figure that one out.

So let's take a big gulp of liquid from our heads and start looking at the game.

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