A Game Is More Than Its Download
When a game disappears from a storefront, the loss is bigger than an executable file. Manuals, patches, servers, controllers, play habits, and the communities around them are part of what a game was.
OMMAIS · by Eric Varney
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When a game disappears from a storefront, the loss is bigger than an executable file. Manuals, patches, servers, controllers, play habits, and the communities around them are part of what a game was.
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