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Playdate Season 2 review: The Whiteout and Wheelsprung

The second week of Playdate Season 2 brings a post-apocalyptic adventure and a dirtbike-riding squirrel.

When I finally reached the end, though, I wasn't in tears — I was totally speechless, in a "mouth hanging open, empty inside" kind of way. The events are set in current times — the onset of the snow occurred in spring 2025 — giving it an eerie, close to home kind of quality. It did manage to get a few smiles out of me though; the character makes cynical quips here and there, and a nefarious bunch called The Woodpeckers comes to be known simply as "the 'peckers," which got me every time.

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