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Olivia is a GameRant writer from Scotland, now based in the States. She has a strong passion for video games and has been playing since she was just 5 years old! With a strong knowledge of many ...

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This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...