It’s the first week of July! That means much of North America is getting its national celebration on. Expect residents of the top 2/3 of the continent to be pretty hung over for the next few days. Or pretending to be hung over to get out of boring things like cleaning out the garage.

Here at LoadingReadyRun Inc* we’re Canadian, and that means some delightfully silly Canadian fun for the LoadingReadyRun update. Although Canadians are proud and majestic creatures, they tend to be regarded as somewhat of an enigma by the rest of the world — more polite and guarded than our southern neighbours, yet far more wild and unpredictable than our European ancestors. You could be looking at a Canadian RIGHT NOW and not even know it. Thus, what better way to celebrate Canada’s official Day than with a handy guide that will allow you, the gentle viewer, to distinguish The Canadian in a crowd.

Shifting gears from things we like to things we don’t like, this week’s Unskippable takes place in a place far, far away from Canada, the fictional island nation of Banoi for Dead Island: Riptide. Alas, those who were able to survive the never-ending siege of fetch quests from the first game have found themselves embroiled in yet another “adventure” of consisting of “go here, get this, kill that, now do it 18 more times.” THRILLING!

Speaking of thrills and chills, this week on CheckPoint, we check in with Routine, the ultra-minimalist, hyper scary space survival horror. In space, nobody will hear you scream (or soil yourself in terror) as you’re hunted down by relentless, undying, impossible to kill malfunctioning androids. Yah, if you’re into that kind of thing! In more delightful news, there is going to be another Molyjam, but this time using real quotes from Peter Molyneux. Predictably, the quotes are weirder than the fake ones they used for the first Molyjam.

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