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How game designers can use the psychological phenomenon of loss aversion to shape player experience.
Getting something makes you feel …
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World is a 2019 book by David Epstein in which he expands on …
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The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, …
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[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) …
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An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready?
Days after Oasis founder James …
RP1 caught lightning in a bottle. RP2, like Armada, didn't. Where RP1 was a fun romp though various bits of pop culture, this felt more like the RP1 film, with a confusing mashup deep-dive of everything related to it's chosen pop references. It just felt different. Where RP1, if you didn't get the reference, it was fine, it was explained a bit and you kept moving. Buckle up for RP2 though, because we're going to be talking about how great this or that for a while yet.
RP2 is a an empty bottle.
