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The dadification of videogames, round two
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Threes! is a lot more than addictive
Learning to hate 1s and 2s.
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There’s hope for us yet.
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What could be inside this thing? Everything.
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Videogame design in an age of biological feedback
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Playlist 2/5: The Wolf Among Us gets dark, Pale Machine tickles, and The Floor is Jelly rebuilds the platformer
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The strange etymology of the word "joystick"
As usual: thank Stephen King.