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“Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.” – Gordon Ramsay 2016’s Overcooked! was pure indie ingenuity, placing players inside cartoonish kitchens as they went through streamlined steps of food preparation. It hung ...
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Like any creative medium, games inspire us. For many, they stimulate impassioned online debates over the merits of a title. But others are motivated to express their creativity through the creation of their own games. ...
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