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Silksong Is Revealing My Angriest Self in Front of My Kids

Now, to be clear, that headline is a little click batity. But the sentiment stands.

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Patrick Klepek
Oct 09, 2025
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“Dad, are you okay?” barks my five-year-old, briefly looking up from her iPad.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

Because it’s a reasonable question to ask after I’ve spent the last five seconds pounding the couch and lobbing a swear at the TV screen while banging my head against a boss Silksong, the highly anticipated follow-up to indie darling Hollow Knight.

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