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Scifi video games let us explore the fear and opportunity presented by the future, even as we grapple with the present. Many of the futuristic sci-fi games in the past decade have not been very comforting, as pessimism about the future has only increased in that time, but every now and then, a sci-fi game has painted a hopeful picture.
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