kotaku longreads
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The Exceptional Beauty Of Doom 3’s Source Code
46This is a story about Doom 3‘s source code and how beautiful it is. Yes, beautiful. Allow me to explain.
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Overwatch’s Zarya Got Me To Start Lifting Weights
Art by Sam Woolley Overwatch features characters with body types and backgrounds that are not often seen in pop culture, let alone first person shooters. For many of us who rarely see ourselves reflected in media, this cast can seem radical and even life-changing — especially in my case. Zarya, Overwatch‘s Russian strong-woman tank, inspired…
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How Video Game Breasts Are Made (And Why They Can Go Wrong)
Breasts swing. They sag. They flop. They can move. Over the years, many games have tried to emulate the way breasts behave. There’s even a term for it: “Breast physics”.
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Why People Pirate Video Games
For such an important topic, it’s a shame that we can’t ever seem to have a real discussion about video game piracy. Any attempt normally goes down like this: people downloading games are painted as criminals, publishers trying to stop them are portrayed as monsters, everyone sticks to this division and nothing ever gets done.