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# <center>The Dirty Secrets of Gaming</center>
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<center>Games that are being released today are far from being as frustrating as the 80's games were. But with that said, there are of course exceptions. Like the Dark-Souls series, but that more of a rarity today.</center>

<center>Last week a conversation was started on Twitter about this topic. The thread starter Jennifer Scheurle, who is a developer on Assassins Creed, asked others in the business if they would share some tips on how they have actually made their games.</center>

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<center>This started a flurry of different interesting revealing facts where one of them came from Ken Levine, creator of Bioshock, who told us that the first shots that are fired in the dystopian adventure against the protagonist always missed.</center>

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<center>Other developers told us that they have added extra health to give the feeling of "just surviving". Paul Hellquist, who worked on BioShock and Rick Lesley from the Shadow of Mordor-team was the duo who broke this secret.</center>

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<center>The thread continued to grow and grow and if you want to read more you can check it out [here](https://twitter.com/Gaohmee/status/903510060197744640). But be warned though - your dearest gaming memories are at risk of shattering.</center>

### Source
1. https://twitter.com/Gaohmee/status/903510060197744640