A HOT NEW BOMBSHELL ENTERS THE VILLA: COOPERATIVE AI
Put a finger down if you’ve ever decided to play Overcooked with your partner/friend on a chill Saturday evening, thinking it would be a cute bonding experience—teaching you the value of teamwork, just in case you both ever end up as crew on Captain Jack Sparrow's ship. But what started as a cutesy “let’s make virtual tomato soup” session quickly turns into chaos. Suddenly, you and your partner/friend are screaming at each other, trying to avoid burning the kitchen down. You both become real-life Mr. Krabs and Plankton, locked in a battle over who gets to control the secret recipe. Your sweet(pun intended), loving partner is now a tomato-chopping tyrant, delivering orders faster than you can keep up—and doing it all without asking for help. You put your finger down, didn’t you? I knew it. While Overcooked might just seem like a game, it’s actually a perfect example of how important collaboration and strategy are—because without them, you’ll be stuck in a virtual kitchen nightmar...