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It’s 2012. Barack Obama is president. Gamers are melting down over the ending of Mass Effect 3. Harvey Smith and Raphael Colantonio, then at Dishonored developer Arkane Studios, are flying on a ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...