What It's About: A pigeon dating simulator. Yes, really. Hatoful Boyfriend was originally released for free in 2011, but enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after this snazzy remake was put out last year. Why You Need To Play It: What makes this game really work is its go-for-broke attitude: the premise, in which a school girl (the player character) dates various classmates all of which are birds, is utterly absurd and the game wears a poker face throughout which only helps make it even funnier. While this sounds like a game that'd be fun for half an hour before running out of steam, there's a surprising amount of replayability here thanks to the numerous birds you can go on dates with and the various branching storylines, most of which are hysterical and well worth revisiting. An unexpected and thoroughly entertaining mockery of the dating sim genre, Hatoful Boyfriend is essential gaming for anyone desperate for something totally outside the box.