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chilton 👁 @chiltonm.bsky.social · 15h
For further reading please watch this video by @jaymcastello.bsky.social it is excellent and insightful and also contains a flipthrough of the physical object of this book which is an artifact designed expressly to induce madness in the beholder
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The MrBeast Book is Incredibly Bad (The Most Dangerous Games review)
YouTube video by Jay Castello
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chilton 👁 @chiltonm.bsky.social · 15h
I read the worst book ever written
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 17h
"If you did not know that MrBeast just released a book, co-written with James Patterson, called The Most Dangerous Games, now you know. Congratulations. Possess that information, as has been inflicted upon me." @chiltonm.bsky.social on the worst book she's ever seen: buff.ly/FTRhpCC
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The Least Dangerous Games - Unwinnable
I do not know why MrBeast has a personal vendetta against me, but I would love if he could come off it.
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Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com · 22h
An academic and a columnist over at @unwinnable.com, @emilyprice.bsky.social is more or less living the dream I dreamed in graduate school through the 2010s, marrying academic rigor to accessible, attentive games criticism. Her monthly column at Unwinnable is a fav. unwinnable.com/2026/01/29/a...
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Angeline Era vs Videogames - Unwinnable
In Angeline Era, discursive difficulty leads to meaningful experiences.
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Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.com · 22h
Grace's co-editor at The Imaginary Review, @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social is one of those writers who forces you to remember that games aren't an island - they're deeply attached to other forms of cultural production, and we need to attend to those connections. unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/p...
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Paying No Mind - Unwinnable
"[D]eciding what to remember is also the politics of deciding what we don't spend time on remembering."
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tronotized.bsky.social @tronotized.bsky.social · 21h
This is a great read!
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: "The crash was not an ending, but a beginning: the opening salvo of an extinction event." Feature Excerpt: @kellymerka.bsky.social muses on man-made ecological change in Sable: buff.ly/v1QUIqW
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The Damage Is Done - Unwinnable
The planet Sable knows is a palimpsest – its ecosystem has been overwritten.
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Phoenix @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's me. I was big walking. This game not only deserves its hype, it reminded me how inspiring game worlds can be. @househouse.com isn't out here to just wow you with their environmental design, their setting makes you more curious about environments in general. Both local and global.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 29/09/2026
"The crash was not an ending, but a beginning: the opening salvo of an extinction event." Feature Excerpt: @kellymerka.bsky.social muses on man-made ecological change in Sable. unwinnable.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The Damage Is Done - Unwinnable
The planet Sable knows is a palimpsest – its ecosystem has been overwritten.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 26/09/2026
ICYMI: "Once in a while, you watch a movie and think, 'Oh, so this is about as good as this sort of thing ever gets.' Forbidden Planet is one of those movies." @orringrey.com watches Forbidden Planet (1956): buff.ly/Xp6ATE8
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Monsters from the Id: Remembering Forbidden Planet (1956) - Unwinnable
An invisible brute only seen in the outline of disintegrator rays and electrified barriers.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 26/09/2026
"Once in a while, you watch a movie and think, 'Oh, so this is about as good as this sort of thing ever gets.' Forbidden Planet is one of those movies." @orringrey.com watches Forbidden Planet (1956): buff.ly/Xp6ATE8
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Monsters from the Id: Remembering Forbidden Planet (1956) - Unwinnable
An invisible brute only seen in the outline of disintegrator rays and electrified barriers.
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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kind of a beautiful coincidence this landed on Sable's anniversary. A pleasure as always to work with @kellymerka.bsky.social along with all the regular rogues.
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Elijah Beahm Ver. 3.1 @unabridgedgamer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I got to talk about how Technotopia is secretly one of the smartest, most theologically and morally compelling games ever made! Yes, really, it's THAT good!
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Alyssa Wejebe @alyssawejebe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks again @tgimenezrgm.itch.io for talking @rush-and-punch.bsky.social with me.
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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
as always, I am thankful to Unwinnable for letting me run with this pitch and for @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social's thoughtful edits you can grab a copy here: unwinnable.bigcartel.com/product/unwi...
An image of Sable biking across the desert, accompanied by the text "The Damage Is Done, by KM Nelson."
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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
by happy coincidence, today @unwinnable.com released its latest issue, for which I wrote the cover story I didn't plan for this piece to accompany Sable's fifth anniversary, but I'm very glad it did!
The cover of Unwinnable Magazine's 203rd issue. It features an image of Sable's titular protagonist sitting on the sand at sunset in front of the wrecked spaceship and the skeletons of long-dead megafauna.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 24/09/2026
I Big Walk, you Big Walk, we all Big Walk. Also happy anniversary Sable???? This month's Unwinnable Monthly has @kellymerka.bsky.social on Sable, plus our regulars on everything from big walking to penguins who have seen too much. Buy: buff.ly/IPrw7Fa Subscribe: buff.ly/PXHeLJe
The cover of the September 2026 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of the main character of Sable sitting on the desert sands.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 22/09/2026
ICYMI: "The ARTPOP era expanded far beyond just the album for both her and her critics, for better and for worse." Alex J. Tunney reflects on his relationship with Lady Gaga's ARTPOP album: buff.ly/IiUTnLm
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She Could Mean Anything - Unwinnable
It’s obvious to me now, with the distance of time, that I was dealing with a form of parasocial confusion.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 22/09/2026
"The ARTPOP era expanded far beyond just the album for both her and her critics, for better and for worse." Alex J. Tunney reflects on his relationship with Lady Gaga's ARTPOP album: buff.ly/IiUTnLm
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She Could Mean Anything - Unwinnable
It’s obvious to me now, with the distance of time, that I was dealing with a form of parasocial confusion.
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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This also makes me miss a lot of super high concept arcade games of yester year
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 19/09/2026
ICYMI: "Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has earned its place as a fighting game titan on top of the Marvel pile." Justin Fenech rushes in to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: buff.ly/SWaUXsf
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A Concentrated Rush for Fans: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls - Unwinnable
It feels like reading a Marvel comic and watching Dragon Ball at the same time.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 19/09/2026
ICYMI: "Let big games be stupid again. Please." @robsteinone.bsky.social misses the days of AAA going full ham on the absurd: buff.ly/xeuoKWl
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Bring Back Big Budget Stupid - Unwinnable
Let's go back the days of big-name publishers throwing big money at absurd concepts. The indies simply don’t have the capital to pull it off.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 19/09/2026
"Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has earned its place as a fighting game titan on top of the Marvel pile." Justin Fenech rushes in to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: buff.ly/SWaUXsf
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A Concentrated Rush for Fans: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls - Unwinnable
It feels like reading a Marvel comic and watching Dragon Ball at the same time.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 19/09/2026
"Let big games be stupid again. Please." @robsteinone.bsky.social misses the days of AAA going full ham on the absurd: buff.ly/xeuoKWl
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Bring Back Big Budget Stupid - Unwinnable
Let's go back the days of big-name publishers throwing big money at absurd concepts. The indies simply don’t have the capital to pull it off.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: "Playing within this realm of binary division, Helix: Descent N Ascent traces the loop between identity and difference." @quiltedpoints.net muses on what Helix: Descent N Ascent teaches about identity and disunity: buff.ly/bLq9IPf
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Inside Out, Outside In – Alterity, Identity, and Helix: Descent N Ascent - Unwinnable
To switch; seeing at both ends.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: "From Stu’s kitchen to my ears, the revolution must bear rhythm as well as witness." Since Exploits doesn't have music blurbs, @rubeck.bsky.social writes his own: buff.ly/HiuF5VW
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Stu Won’t Let Me Blurb Music for Exploits So I’m Blurbing Here - Unwinnable
From Stu’s kitchen to my ears, the revolution must bear rhythm as well as witness.
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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 18/09/2026
Helix is one of those peculiar games that feels both generous and withholding, inviting wildly different readings — equally as enjoyable to play as it is to interpret. Analysis aside, the breadth of its puzzles/secrets are beyond enough to fuel a player’s curiosity well after credits.
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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Doing my thing at @unwinnable.com again. 😅 "I miss the days when Capcom would randomly decide it was time for a console-exclusive roguelike mech piloting sim with a 30+ button/switch setup (complete with pedals) that cost a total of around $200 and came in a box that looked like an ammo crate."
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Bring Back Big Budget Stupid - Unwinnable
Let's go back the days of big-name publishers throwing big money at absurd concepts. The indies simply don’t have the capital to pull it off.
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Levi @rubeck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the truth is that half the time I don't bother to write about music because @bensailer.bsky.social beat me to all the good shit
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 18/09/2026
"Playing within this realm of binary division, Helix: Descent N Ascent traces the loop between identity and difference." @quiltedpoints.net muses on what Helix: Descent N Ascent teaches about identity and disunity: buff.ly/bLq9IPf
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Inside Out, Outside In – Alterity, Identity, and Helix: Descent N Ascent - Unwinnable
To switch; seeing at both ends.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 18/09/2026
"From Stu’s kitchen to my ears, the revolution must bear rhythm as well as witness." Since Exploits doesn't have music blurbs, @rubeck.bsky.social writes his own: buff.ly/HiuF5VW
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Stu Won’t Let Me Blurb Music for Exploits So I’m Blurbing Here - Unwinnable
From Stu’s kitchen to my ears, the revolution must bear rhythm as well as witness.
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Doc Ochs @nochshorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Watch me try to draw a line from Nick and Jess kissing on New Girl to all the strange intimacies of Furious.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 17/09/2026
ICYMI: "There is a pervasive wresting for control between the self and the violent other while the body itself reminds that any agency over the flesh is limited." @nochshorn.bsky.social examines Liz Meriwether’s use of the body as a storytelling device: buff.ly/HSP4l2N
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Liz Meriwether’s Bodies Tell the Stories. - Unwinnable
Good for her, I thought. I miss dancing.
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Doc Ochs @nochshorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think there’s a lot more to say here but I’m really happy with what I got started. Also I just want people to watch Meriwether’s shows.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 17/09/2026
"There is a pervasive wresting for control between the self and the violent other while the body itself reminds that any agency over the flesh is limited." @nochshorn.bsky.social examines Liz Meriwether’s use of the body as a storytelling device: buff.ly/HSP4l2N
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Liz Meriwether’s Bodies Tell the Stories. - Unwinnable
Good for her, I thought. I miss dancing.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 16/09/2026
ICYMI: "Mistria isn’t escapist as much as it is aspirational. But the effect is the same." @jaymcastello.bsky.social looks at Fields of Mistria's frictionless world: buff.ly/LPNPoEZ
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It's Always Sunny in Mistria - Unwinnable
Fields of Mistria isn’t escapist as much as it is aspirational. But the effect is the same.
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Amritesh Mukherjee @amritesh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I am always short on words when talking of things I cherish. The Tale of Princess Kaguya is one of those that makes me wish I wasn't; some words ANYHOO because, high time!
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 16/09/2026
"Mistria isn’t escapist as much as it is aspirational. But the effect is the same." @jaymcastello.bsky.social looks at Fields of Mistria's frictionless world: buff.ly/LPNPoEZ
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It's Always Sunny in Mistria - Unwinnable
Fields of Mistria isn’t escapist as much as it is aspirational. But the effect is the same.
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Joshua @jxuawinters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Seems like a good time to reshare my article. Please dont water down Marathon 🙂
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 12/09/2026
ICYMI: "Going in with no prior knowledge means you literally never know what you’ll find on the next screen." @robsteinone.bsky.social embraces the weird in Angeline Era on Switch: buff.ly/jfm8Eu9
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Angeline Era is Pique Weird (That’s Not a Typo) - Unwinnable
There’s a subtlety to the unhinged strangeness of this game.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 12/09/2026
ICYMI: "If you spot an Idaho license plate in the greater New York metropolitan area, please call the Rookie of the Year hotline immediately." @mattmarrone.bsky.social and his family go on a license plate scavenger hunt: buff.ly/kUJ8atw
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 12/09/2026
"Going in with no prior knowledge means you literally never know what you’ll find on the next screen." @robsteinone.bsky.social embraces the weird in Angeline Era on Switch: buff.ly/jfm8Eu9
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Angeline Era is Pique Weird (That’s Not a Typo) - Unwinnable
There’s a subtlety to the unhinged strangeness of this game.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 12/09/2026
"If you spot an Idaho license plate in the greater New York metropolitan area, please call the Rookie of the Year hotline immediately." @mattmarrone.bsky.social and his family go on a license plate scavenger hunt: buff.ly/kUJ8atw
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Marrone Private Idaho - Unwinnable
If you spot an Idaho license plate in the greater New York metropolitan area, please call the Rookie of the Year hotline immediately.
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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I got to review Angeline Era for @unwinnable.com - thanks in no small part to a review code supplied by @angelineera.bsky.social - and that review is live now! This game is really fricking weird (complimentary)! unwinnable.com/2026/09/11/a...
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Angeline Era is Pique Weird (That’s Not a Typo) - Unwinnable
There’s a subtlety to the unhinged strangeness of this game.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 11/09/2026
ICYMI: "It is precisely this overlap between memory and imagination that makes Boku no Natsuyasumi so fascinating." Marco Cella breaks down the appeal of the Boku no Natsuyasumi Boku Challenge: buff.ly/jcjAo02
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Strange Weather in Tokyo – The Boku Challenge - Unwinnable
There is no mandatory direction, no urgent objective.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 11/09/2026
ICYMI: "I’m a firm believer that the medium is the message, and I find it hard to believe that this style of game, with its many limitations, can ever actually deliver on its promise of horror." @glassethound.bsky.social examines where asymmetrical horror games fall short in horror: buff.ly/pr4ozAh
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Hell is Other People - Unwinnable
Uncertainty and vulnerability are the cornerstones of horror gaming, and Dead by Daylight ultimately has neither in great enough amounts.
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Doc Ochs @nochshorn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Do you remember finding out what happened to Peggy for the first time? Oh my god.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 11/09/2026
"It is precisely this overlap between memory and imagination that makes Boku no Natsuyasumi so fascinating." Marco Cella breaks down the appeal of the Boku no Natsuyasumi Boku Challenge: buff.ly/jcjAo02
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Strange Weather in Tokyo – The Boku Challenge - Unwinnable
There is no mandatory direction, no urgent objective.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 11/09/2026
"I’m a firm believer that the medium is the message, and I find it hard to believe that this style of game, with its many limitations, can ever actually deliver on its promise of horror." @glassethound.bsky.social examines where asymmetrical horror games fall short in, well, horror: buff.ly/pr4ozAh
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Hell is Other People - Unwinnable
Uncertainty and vulnerability are the cornerstones of horror gaming, and Dead by Daylight ultimately has neither in great enough amounts.
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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 10/09/2026
ICYMI: "I’ve played this game a thousand times but never walked through the world the same way twice." @chiltonm.bsky.social explores how Oblivion's fast travel system affects player journeys: buff.ly/Ov1LhKA
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Undesired Paths - Unwinnable
Near what you intend to find there is always something else to find.
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