open worlds with lots of collectibles to find, as well as an epic (and usually humorous) narrative to tie it all together. The open-world collect-athon archetype rapidly died out at the turn of the century, but it looks poised to make a strong, and direly needed, comeback.

Unbox is set in a cute, cartoony world populated by sentient cardboard boxes, most of whom are in the employ of the Global Postal Service, or GPS. The game begins when the player character, a new box named Newbie, emerges from his box-printing apparatus and into the world of sapient delivery systems. Newbie is quickly given the GPS tour by Bounce, a cheerful red box with a permanent grin, and Dash, a British box who thinks he’s too cool for school. Thereare a few other named boxes with their own quirks and signature looks, who appear throughout the game to give out missions and challenges.

WOOOOOOOO!!!

Although GPS is the largest postal service in the world, its operations are under threat by a gang of rogue boxes called the Wild Cards. These cardboard villains, most of whom are former GPS employees, believe that cardboard boxes should be free to do whatever they want and that GPS has enslaved them. The Wild Cards are led in this endeavor by the dastardly Boss Wild, who seeks to defeat GPS and destroy the world… of packaging!

With the threat of postal annihilation looming ever nearer, Newbie’s postal assignments are put on hold as he and his friends journey across the world. From the frozen slopes