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Do Videogames Have to Be Fun: Papers, Please and Monotony

Papers, Please, a game by Lucas Pope for PC and Mac, endeavors to be boring. You’ll spend your hours as a border guard in 1982 Russia analogue Arstotzka, checking and double checking papers…

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Tom Auxier
Tom Auxier

Tom is an aspiring author, editor, and games critic.  He has written for such esteemed places as Pixels or Death and Nightmare Mode, as well as other outlets.  He dreams of owning a moon base and getting positive reactions from readers.

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