

Please do let us know what you think of the show – and if this is your first time listening, do go back to listen to the previous episodes. It's even on YouTube if that's your thing.Check out VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast on Apple Podcasts and subscribe.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Welcome to the VG247 Best Games Ever Podcast, Episode 13: Best game that was called a clone of another game. "You never should have called me a fucking clone," she'd whisper. Then one night she’d walk downstairs into the dimly lit living room, calmly and without saying a word placing original Serene down next to me. New Serene, inhabiting my body, would glance at me now and again with a look of victory. I'd become trapped inside the lovable squirrel’s impossibly soft body. She'd attempt to suck the soul from my body. “Noooooo!” I’d attempt to cry out, but it would be too late. Occasionally I'd lay awake at night thinking about her, wondering what life she's leading, "living with Grandma." Maybe I'd glance over at a pile of toys, Serene 2.0 staring at me, eyes lifeless but piercing. I'd miss Serene, but I'd never say anything. She'd look the same ("Serene has had a bath, how lovely!"), but we'd know. But if the worst was to happen and OG Serene went to *wink* "stay with Grandma for a while" *wink* or *wink* "went to keep Mummy company at work" *wink*, this currently lifeless squishy toy would be subbed in. The hope, of course, is that clone Serene, imposter Serene, will never be needed. This new, untarnished, blemish-free squirrel sits wrapped in a plastic bag on top of the wardrobe in my bedroom. "Let's buy a clone of Serene, a new one, just in case," I said to my wife while browsing the toy store and walking past the sizable Squishmallow display.Īnd so it was. Given how Serene can sometimes be thrown from the buggy with the complete lack of foresight and comprehension of possible events that only a baby has, and the extreme love she has for her, we thought it best to buy a second Serene. Serene goes everywhere with my daughter and is her best friend - as much as a wannabe toddler can have a best friend. Look how cute she is!īut the popularity of Squishmallows isn’t the point of this little story.

the last time I was in the local toy shop, every one of the four people in the queue to pay had hold of a Squishmallow. If you're not into soft toys, you may not know how popular Squishmallows are, but to give you an idea. Serene is a round-ish turquoise squirrel.
