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11: Taking Back Roguelikes with Raigan Burns

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Disadvantages of Playing Rogue Likes

Doom the rogue like made diablo the rogue like and it's actually way more fun than diablo because you can play it as fast as you can press keys. There are two styles of knowledge building that people enjoy this is total armchair but i think one of the things that's unique about rogue likes is they force both of them on you at all times. I need to understand all of the intricacies of the system i need to be able to build a very complicated character and i need to being able to problem solve on the go, he says.

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