A pamphlet of feline opinion · est. mmxxv
Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Video Game Character Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Nintendo
Noise, Chaos, and One Reluctant Maestro
Pete discovers an unexpected symphony in his staff's brawling video game and appoints himself silent conductor of the whole cacophonous affair.

My human seems to have acquired yet another glowing distraction from Nintendo, the purveyors of the box that hypnotizes them for hours. This one, apparently, is some kind of digital fight club called "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate." From what I can gather, it involves a chaotic menagerie of colorful sprites pummeling each other senseless on various floating pl…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Noisy, but I ran the whole performance.
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