{
  "id": 16105727,
  "title": "Robot smashing catharsis game Virtue and a Sledgehammer is out next week, but there's an experimental visual novella prologue you can play right now",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/robot-smashing-catharsis-game-virtue-and-a-sledgehammer-is-out-next",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T20:36:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/robot-smashing-catharsis-game-virtue-and-a-sledgehammer-is-out-next-week-but-theres-an-experimental-visual-novella-prologue-you-can-play-right-now"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Virtue and a Sledgehammer looks like a satisfying game. There is perhaps no more wonderfully chunky and impact frame friendly a weapon than the reliable sledgehammer, and when put into a game with a description like, \"Most people resort to therapy. But you chose the brave option. A sledgehammer,\" then of course I have to give it a look. Unfortunately, I still have to wait a week to check out the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}