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There's something... off about videogame economics. Regardless of when the game was made, who by and what it's about - it's remarkably easy to crack a game's systems open and use them to find the optimal means of making money, even when that means doing things that aren't actually fun. Why is this? Why can't game designers simply make economies just as fair, balanced and well thought out as the real life economy?

Well, that's a mystery The Architect has been studying for some time and it's, predictably, lead to even more questions. Between realms of the mind, post apocalypses and cities far beyond the stars, there's something strange going on with videogame economics, and the answer may just lie in our relationship with reality...

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Yakuza 0 - 2015
Moonlighter - 2018
Final Fantasy 14
Doom Eternal - 2020
Persona 5 royal - 2019
Witcher 3 - 2015
Horizon Zero Dawn - 2017
pokemon scarlet and violet - 2022
Runescape - 2001
Dragon Quest 11 - 2017
Valheim - 2021
Forager - 2019
Minecraft - 2011
Diablo 2 - 2000
Starcraft 2 - 2010
Monster hunter world - 2018
Potionomics - 2022
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011
Enter The Gungeon - 2016
Civilization 6 - 2016
Borderlands 3 - 2016
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 2019
Offworld Trading Company - 2016
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator - 2021
Mario Galaxy 2 - 2010
EVE: Online - 2003
Destiny 2 - 2017
Destiny - 2014
Death and Taxes - 2020
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017
The Long Dark - 2017
Resident Evil 4 - 2005
Fallout New Vegas - 2010
Perfect Heist 2 - 2021
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 2011
Untitled Goose Game - 2019
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time 3D - 2011
The Binding of Issaac Rebirth - 2014
Super Mario World - 1990
Hunt: Showdown - 2018
Resident Evil 2 Remake - 2019
Deus Ex - 2000
Dishonored - 2012
Dishonored 2 - 2016
Bioshock - 2007
Signalis - 2022
Age of Empires 4 - 2021
Command and Conquer 3
Dune Spice Wars - Early Access
Tooth and Tail - 2017
Steamworld Dig 2 - 2017
Yakuza 7 - 2020
Fallout 4 - 2015
Elden Ring - 2022
Wario Land: Shake It!- 2008
Deep Rock Galactic - 2020
Subnautica - 2017
Don't Starve - 2013
Rogue Legacy - 2013
Hades - 2020
Pokemon sword and shield - 2018
Recettear - 2007
Frostpunk - 2017
World of Warcraft - 2004
New World - 2021
Super Paper Mario - 2007
Watchdogs Legion - 2020
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor - 2016
Citizen Sleeper - 2022
Hardspace Shipbreaker - 2022
Fifa 2023
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 2020
Genshin Impact - 2020
Teardown - 2022
Rollerdrome - 2022