Today's Wordle hint and answer #824: Thursday, September 21

Space Invaders – by Brett Weiss

I discovered Space Invaders in 1978,Space was visiting my aunt and cousins in McGregor, Texas (outside of Waco), a town of barely over 2,000 people. It was in a dingy, seedy arcade and was very imposing. I’d already played my share of pinball and electromechanical games, as well as early video titles like Pong, Breakout,…

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You might think reimagining Washington DC as a nuclear hellscape for Fallout 3 would have been grim, but it made the lead designer want to set the next game in his hometown: ‘It’s just kind of fun to blow things up’

Far from the deserts of the Mojave and SoCal, Fallout 3 takes place in the shadow of a striking image: the United States Capitol building, partially blown to chunks in an abandoned, irradiated mire. The team working on the game at Bethesda was based in Rockville, a short jaunt from Washington, so they got a…

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