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Game of the Week: I forget how powerful games have the capacity to be

Proud.

A close-up of Bertie's character in Baldur's Gate 3. They are a white-skinned human male with long blond hair, dipped in pink at the bottom. They have black rings around their eyes and black veins are visible beneath their skin.
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Sometimes, in the churn of games that come out each year, I forget how powerful games have the capacity to be. They can reach out and into our lives and grab us in ways that are profound. They're a bit like that bad guy in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom who can grab at people's chests and then pull their hearts out - in a nice way, I mean.

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