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The year’s smartest game asks: Is civil democracy just a fantasy?

Is a civil, functioning democracy as much a fantasy as a world of magic, elves and fairies? This is the troubling question that drives this year’s smartest, most exciting video game, Metaphor: ReFantazio, from the developer Atlus and famed Persona director Katsura Hashino.



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How Imagine Dragons became the sound of gaming culture

Imagine Dragons has been all over gaming culture ever since being the backing band for famed Nintendo composer Koji Kondo at the first Game Awards. Of all the band’s accomplishments - filling stadiums and arenas, even performing Beatles songs in front of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - playing with Kondo remains a highlight, says the band’s frontman Dan Reynolds. He didn’t grow up listening to the Beatles, he grew up listening to the “Athletic Theme” from Super Mario World.

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