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Five of the Best: Places to swim

Splish, splash, splosh.

A masculine character bobs in blue water with a floating jar nearby. We see the character from the back and they are topless. The jar has a baby in. It's Death Stranding.
Image credit: Kojima Productions

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Hot out there, isn't it? Assuming you're not in the upside down part of the world, that is. What I wouldn't give for a lovely place to cool off (that isn't polluted). There are few desires so strong as an urge to plunge when the sun is hot and fierce, and thankfully, games are not short of them. They get it. They know we want tropical pools and things we either can't access in real-life or that don't exist, so, they take us there. The question is, which of these places to swim are the best?

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