Do you ever wish Sonic the Hedgehog would take you into his arms, hold you tight, curl up into his spin dash and rocket across Green Hill Zone with you safely concealed in his embrace like a baby in the womb? Look, I’m just asking. Sega may have little interest in your dream, but Ark: Survival Evolved [official site] is thinking of you.

The dinosaur-riddled multiplayer survive ‘em up’s latest update has added the extinct armadillo-like Doedicurus, which you can tame and ride and – get this – curl up inside as it rolls around at great speed. You can get a blue one too. Yeah, you’re welcome.

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Ark: Survival Evolved [official site] is the survival game du jour, and not without cause. While others have tried to create games that combine dinosaurs and the crafting, progression, and violent encounters typical of the genre, ARK’s early access release seems to come the closest to pulling it off. To explore it a little more, we asked Andro Dars to make a video playthrough to show what works and what doesn’t. Part three is below.>

In part four: taming George Osborne, getting turtle revenge on a murderous Carno, and physics glitching raptors.

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