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40: The Physics of Uncertainly with Andrea Roberts (Roundguard)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Scarab Peg: A Game That Changes Your Mind

There's a mental shift that happens when you go from like your initial goal is i just want to survive to the end. Then once you've gotten over that and then you're like yeah but now i really want to get a high score,  the game becomes much more difficult. Every time you beat the game you earn another relic which are make the game weirder or harder. You can turn them on before you start a run to have a sort of a real set change.

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