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Chopping block

There’s a satisfaction found in rummaging inside the guts of virtual machinery. From cranking wheels and pulling levers in post-apocalyptic vehicle sim Far: Lone Sails to prodding the insides of charming contraptions in GNOG, fixing things in games is always fun. It looks like developer Beard Envy agrees, as its upcoming science-fiction roguelike Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop was built entirely on that one premise.

“We went back to the drawing board in search of the smallest game loop that got us

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