Giant Bomb Presents: The Man Who Stares at Plants

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23 minutes

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Feb 19, 2014

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Alex Swaim's interest in the technical side of video game art has prompted him to spend lots of time looking at the parts of virtual worlds we hardly ever think about.

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Feb 19, 2014

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Giant Bomb Presents: The Man Who Stares at Plants

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