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▶ All thumbs – The Boston Globe (2007) ▶ A Young Man’s Ego Doomed A Much-Hyped Jurassic Park Game – Kotaku (2018) ▶ It’s beginning to feel like gaming isn’t for everyone – Digital Trends (2025) ▶ The rise and fall of the company behind ‘Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games – The Outline (2018) ▶ Most Video Game Artwork Will Never Be Seen – Aftermath (2023) ▶ Nintendo’s Looser Stance on Violence Means a Bloody Mortal Kombat II – Los Angeles Times (1994) ▶ Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has an unlikely, lasting place in gaming history – Polygon (2024) ▶ How tech limitations actually made Silent Hill and Crash Bandicoot better games – Polygon (2024) ▶ 22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive – The Verge (2025) ▶ ‘I Could Make “Fart Fart Boobie Fart: The Game” and Maybe It Would Eventually Get Taken Down’ – Devs Reveal Why the Consoles Are Drowning in ‘Eslop’ – IGN (2025) ▶ Sensei Speaks: Shigeru Miyamoto Interview – IGN (1999) ▶ Night-Trapped – Wired (1994)

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