Now playing ReviewsMad Max: The Kotaku ReviewA little more than 10 years ago, not long after I quit my job to become a freelance writer, a colleague warned me that sometimes the work could be grueling and unrewarding. “I want to talk to you when you’re writing a story only for money,” he said.…Chris Suellentrop
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