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      <image:caption>Imagine hundreds of these massive Ork warbosses hurtling at you all at once. Yikes!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The GDC 2023 State of the Game Industry Report also states that a majority of Game Developers are opposed to the integration of Blockchain in games.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>안녕하세요 to all my Korean readers! Here’s a Gacha Shop that I came across in Seoul, South Korea! Look at the vast array of capsule machines all around the store. You might also notice the logo bears a striking resemblance to Pokeballs! This is no mistake since these Gacha Pods are the inspiration for the iconic Pokemon capture device!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A picture of the University of Saskatchewan where I went to school for two years in their Interactive Systems Design program. Photo by Kyla Duhamel.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An example of Starcraft’s StarEdit level creation software. I spent plenty of all-nighters creating maps with bizarre new custom rules. With StarCraft characters standing in for heroes of my own creation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A screenshot from my Kirby mod of Beats of Rage. For those who may need to become more familiar, Mods (or Video Game Modding) are user-generated edits of existing systems and games.</image:caption>
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