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A look at the intrinsic narrative qualities that money can’t buy.
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Humans definitely don’t work like that.
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Why its ultra-cheap price isn’t the only reason this game sells truckloads
Big red arrows, sequencing animations & exploding buttons.

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Hungry villagers, intuitive crafting & seven booster packs.
Procedural innovations, thematic design & forgettable orcs.
Deep strategy, alter ego & facing surprise nemesis
Hooks, characters’ arches and an angel.
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Exotic gameplay, Disneyland and robot giraffes.
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Locked door problems, russian dolls and a mop
Collectathon, boredom and surfing on a soap.
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Strategic dilemmas, the action economy and card-driven adrenaline.
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