The Cursed Legacy

Super Meat Boy designer Tommy Refenes knew that the name Forever was cursed territory in video games. Originally, he…

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This year was a pretty damn good one for new video games. It was also great for old ones!

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If anyone understood gravity, it was the Canadian prog-rock band Rush.