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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Paste Magazine: Your Guide to the Best Music, Movies & TV Shows
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  • The Cultural and Personal Legacy of Gone Home games The Cultural and Personal Legacy of Gone Home By Ed Smith August 3, 2017 | 10:00am
  • Little Red Lie Is Brilliant and Nihilistic games Little Red Lie Is Brilliant and Nihilistic By Ed Smith July 10, 2017 | 12:30pm
  • The Surge Is a Bland, Hypocritical Mess games The Surge Is a Bland, Hypocritical Mess By Ed Smith May 25, 2017 | 1:30pm
  • Don't Be Fooled By Outlast 2 games Don't Be Fooled By Outlast 2 By Ed Smith April 24, 2017 | 3:00pm
  • Grasshopper Manufacture's Descent Into Nihilism games Grasshopper Manufacture's Descent Into Nihilism By Ed Smith April 21, 2017 | 1:00pm
  • Game Developers Discuss 2016 and the Future of Games games Game Developers Discuss 2016 and the Future of Games By Ed Smith January 13, 2017 | 9:00am
  • 2016's Hitman Game Is a Master Class in Character Design games 2016's Hitman Game Is a Master Class in Character Design By Ed Smith December 23, 2016 | 9:30am
  • games 10 Violent Games That Comment on Violence By Ed Smith February 5, 2015 | 2:15pm
  • games 10 Videogame Writing Trends That Need to Die By Ed Smith January 21, 2015 | 11:53am
  • games Five Places in Games That You're in No Rush to Leave By Ed Smith January 14, 2015 | 1:30pm
  • games 10 Best Videogames at EGX London 2014 By Ed Smith October 6, 2014 | 2:00pm
  • games The Last of Us: How Sexism Survived the Apocalypse By Ed Smith August 4, 2014 | 9:00am
  • games No Fear: Where Did Resident Evil Go Wrong? By Ed Smith February 27, 2014 | 2:30pm
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