Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games

From the award-winning videogame writer behind Spec The Line comes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how today’s blockbuster video games are made.

When his satirical musings in a college newspaper…

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