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Games Know Failure Is Part of the Story

June 6, 2026June 15, 2026 / onyxicca / Leave a comment

Here is something I never questioned until one day I did, and then I could not stop seeing it. Games are built almost entirely around losing, and we play them for fun. Sit with how strange that is. You buy a game to enjoy yourself, and the experience it actually delivers is mostly failure. You … Continue reading Games Know Failure Is Part of the Story

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