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Close Playing: The Swapper

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Justin Keever

I am the last undamaged consciousness. If I can even call myself undamaged. I am the sole survivor of a plague; I am the sole survivor of a machine. I am an avatar, generated from something meaningless, or something … Continue reading →

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Sadistic Design in Spec Ops: The Line

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Karl Parakenings

“Yet to go further in tackling these issues I’d like to look at them as symptoms, not as the problems themselves. There’s something wrong with our commercial games, and with the core audience that buys and loves them. There’s something … Continue reading →

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