There’s something intrinsically rewarding about taking a pile of disparate materials and working them into a brand new item. Building things isn’t uniquely a human trait, but it is something we do an awful lot of, from the very simple...
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Humans have had a fascination with fire since Prometheus first stole it from Olympus. There is something we find bewitching about this elemental power, a force that exists in a perpetual duality of both creation and destruction. Since the very...
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Paranoia is a powerful, powerful emotion. At its most benevolent, it can cause us humans to be skeptical and not take what’s being presented to us at pure face value, allowing us to postulate alternative explanations to the facts at...
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Some concepts are so perfectly complimentary to one another that it can be hard to deviate from the standard expectation just because of how darn well the imagery and concepts work together. Summer and the beach. Ghosts and Halloween. Peanut...
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Few things are more iconic to Americana than that of the Wild West. Daring bank robberies and epic shootouts. Clashes with Native Americans. Hopeful-yet-harrowing tales of westward bound settlers. The world-changing power of the locomotive and strong, silent cowboys on...
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There is a common and unfortunate assumption by many in the gaming community that there is a direct correlation between a game’s complexity and length of time to play it with originality and uniqueness. To many, the belief is that...
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Board games can do a number of impressive things when you get right down to it. They can make you think in complex or creative ways. They allow you to socialize and converse with either the best of friends or...
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If you’ve ever sat watching a movie or reading a book and anticipated where the story was going to go next, congrats! – you’ve likely learned to spot a trope. Tropes are a common tool in storytelling to convey specific themes...
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There’s an intrinsic lure to popularity, be it in this world or one completely made up. Popularity brings with it many pitfalls, true, but for many, the perks an elevated status brings are well worth the tradeoff. Money. Fame. Power....
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Games exist for a broad swath of reasons. Games can bring people together and provide puzzles to solve. They can offer an outlet to socialize or to expand the horizons of our imaginations. And for many, games help us escape...
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