Pushing Buttons: From Wordle to Elden Ring and GTA 6 leaks, 2022 was an exciting rebound from 2021

In this week’s newsletter: A hit puzzle, a surprise bestseller and a disastrous (and fascinating) Grand Theft Auto 6 leak have characterised a quietly eventful yearIf 2021 was a bit of a nothing year for video games – the tentative first year of a new console generation, the second year of pandemic disruption, a year of delays and false starts enlivened briefly by the amateur traders giving Wall Street a shoeing via the medium of GameStop “meme stocks” – then 2022 h