{"id":540657,"date":"2026-07-23T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/540657\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:57:18","slug":"a-game-where-you-repair-and-restore-retro-gadgets-sounds-like-the-perfect-way-to-unwind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/540657\/","title":{"rendered":"A game where you repair and restore retro gadgets sounds like the perfect way to unwind."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Jul 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>A game where you repair and restore retro gadgets sounds like the perfect way to unwind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F3812600%2FReStory_Chill_Electronics_Repairs%2F\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ReStory<\/a> you\u2019re tasked with growing your \u201cquaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo\u201d by dismantling, repairing, cleaning, and restoring devices like cellphones, consoles, and cameras. Developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fdeveloper%2Fmandragora\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mandragora Studio<\/a> the game launches on Steam on August 6th<\/p>\n<p>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Andrew LiszewskiClose<img alt=\"Andrew Liszewski\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1bw37385 i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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