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ABANDONED ADVENTURES

Very few people can claim to have beaten every game they’ve played, and we’re certainly not among them. But we’re not interested in proving the purity of our gaming records – we’re more interested in how and why those games were abandoned before the credits rolled, and whether or not that has changed over time. So we got together for a nice chat about the whole issue, and here are the results.

NICK

We all must have started a game and abandoned it before the end. Which ones stand out to you guys?

DARRAN

Immediately off the top of my head it’s . I really liked the approach and the setting and how it played off against the main story of but I simply never went back to it and I’m not sure why.

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