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News & Views

10/1/16-10/7/16

Welcome to another week of News & Views! News & Views collects the best writing about video games I can find and compiles it all into one convenient place. Do your part to support great writers and thinkers by checking our their pieces! Check out the links below for stories about the necessity to play a game as piecemeal, how a bad ending can ruin an otherwise good game, and why it’s ok to make a game that isn’t revolutionary.

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Spotlight

Street Fighter Has Become the World's Smallest Premier eSport, and That's OK

Gareth Dutton, VICE

Worth Reading

Play Kentucky Route Zero Now, Before It's Too Late

Dan Solberg, Kill Screen

The day jobs of eSports' biggest stars

Imad Khan, VICE Sports

Breaking Down my Favorite Boss Fights of all Time

Josh Bycer, Gamasutra

The cycles of violence in Bioshock: The Collection

Brent Ables, Kill Screen

PlayStation VR and the Confused State of Virtual Reality

Garrett Martin, Paste

When Good Games Make Bad Decisions About How to End

Patrick Klepek, VICE

Your idea may not be new, and that's OK

Stanislav Costiuc, Gamasutra

Life after console generations has one big upside

Oli Welsh, Eurogamer