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Paper talk

Zach Gage plays Apex Legends “almost every day”. (He’s a Bangalore main, if you’re curious; hence his development partner Orta Therox chipping in with “Lifeline!”) That fact might seem tangential to the developer’s latest project, but it’s key to how it all began, with Gage thinking seriously about games that have become more than games; the kind that become habitual. “Minecraft or Roblox or League Of Legends – these are all games that have really substantial platforms,” Gage begins. “They’re a social space you can go to and

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