Category: Investigation

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What Makes Factory Games so Addicting?
Factory-style games are renowned for their addictive gameplay. These types of games typically involve starting with nothing, then building up to a factory that builds things millions of times faster than you can do by hand. But the main problem that happens with them is that you start at 9 am, build a few things, look up, and it's 8 am! How does this happen? The core of the game lies in its game loops, which are defined as the parts of the game that make up the central gameplay experience.   The Game Loop A game loop is defined as the parts of a game that make up the core of the game. An example of a gameplay loop would be in Pacman, you try to gather all the dots in a stage while avoiding the ghosts. There can be more than one game loop in a game and games that are more complex typically have more than simpler games. A popular staple of the factory-type game is Factorio. The game loop in Factorio…
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No Game No Life and its Infamous 2nd Season
No Game No Life is a popular anime based on a light novel that was released in 2014. Well known for its stunning visuals, interesting concept, and 'suggestive' content, many people await No Game No Life's 2nd season. But many fear that day may not come as it has been 9 years since the release of the first season as of writing this post and nothing has come to light about the second season. Plagerization No Game No Life has been accused of plagiarism multiple times. Starting with the one in the anime, in episode 7, a magic circle can be seen in one scene that seems to have been stolen from a Pixiv user. The image from episode 7. The Pixiv user named, Ikkakujuu (unicorn) posted an image on Twitter of the original photoshop file that was available to download on Pixiv. Luckily for those who worked at the studio, after profusely apologizing and changing the magic circle for later releases, the original artist had this to say: Everyone makes mistakes. People who can…