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The goose from Untitled Goose Game, hiding under a table and holding a butter knife in its beak.
The Goose from Untitled Goose Game ©House House

It’s a lovely day in the library, and you are a horrible goose. Wait… something about that doesn’t seem quite right. Ah! It’s the redundancy of ‘horrible goose’ that’s bothering me. Goose alone would get the point across just fine. For anyone wondering what I’m on about, way back in the before-times of 2019, Aussie indie game developer, House House, released a silly little game about a goose. A goose that terrorizes a small English village with slapstick antics, copious honking, and, occasionally, a butter knife. The butter knife image (and the game in general) went on to become a bit of an internet sensation, so you’ve probably seen that goose on the left before. Likely combined with the ‘peace was never an option‘ meme. If you haven’t played the game, it’s a simplistic puzzler with a great premise and a soundtrack that reacts to your antics in real-time, using piano music —specifically, rearranged versions of Debussy’s Preludes. Here’s a trailer to hear it in action. We’ve got the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions on our shelves.

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