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The best roguelike games are a perfect balance of order and randomness

The best roguelike games are a perfect balance of order and randomness

18 September 2019

Roguelike games like Rad and Spelunky are storytelling machines in which every player’s experience is different. The best ones are a blend of order and chaos, says Jacob Aron in his latest column
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Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

18 September 2019

Imagined Life, a riveting update of what we know about the planets beyond our solar system, makes smart guesses about what we might face when we do make contact

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