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A roguelike is a game built around runs that end in permanent death, a layout that’s regenerated or reshuffled each time, and permadeath that actually matters — you lose your progress and start over. The term traces back to a single 1980s computer game called Rogue, and the definition has been arguing with itself ever … Read more
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