'Blippo+' Is One Of The Funniest Games I've Ever Played And It's Perfect For Nintendo Switch

"Blippo+ debuted earlier in 2025 on the hand-cranked portable console, the Playdate, before bringing a new full-color version to Nintendo Switch and PC on September 25. Blippo+ is, well, it's hard to describe, for one. Booting the game up presents you with a scrolling channel guide, showing what's playing on TV across the planet Blip. Each channel is constantly playing a selection of roughly two-minute-long shows and you can tune in and out whenever you want, channel-surfing at your leisure."

"It is, as its developers describe it, "a live-action, new wave, off-cable TV simulator." All you need to do is flip through the channels, paying as much or as little attention as you want. New shows are delivered in "data packettes," with a new one delivered whenever you've watched enough of what's currently on offer. Occasionally, the signal will get wonky and you'll need to adjust it through a menu, but otherwise, Blippo+ is a hands-off experience, except when you're changing to a new channel."

"That makes Blippo+ perfect to passively watch during dinner or while you're at work (not that I would ever do that). As for why you'd want to, the immediate answer is that it's full of hilarious, imaginative, utterly bizarre shows that had laughing out loud like no other game ever has. Comedy is hard in games, where players dictating the pace can spoil the timing of an otherwise good joke, and Blippo+ gets around that by just taking that control out of players' hands entirely."

Blippo+ launched on the Playdate in early 2025 and later released a full-color version on Nintendo Switch and PC on September 25. The game simulates a planetwide TV channel guide where each channel continuously plays roughly two-minute live-action shows. Players mostly flip channels and watch; new content arrives in "data packettes" after enough viewing. Occasional signal issues require menu adjustments, but otherwise interaction is minimal. The design intentionally removes player control over timing to preserve comedic beats, producing a surreal, hilarious, and uniquely passive entertainment experience suitable for background or attentive viewing.

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