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Mission Imperfection: A Love Letter to 'GoldenEye 007'
'Castlevania' Is the Game That Made Me an eBay AddictIn George Orwell's 1984—a satirical novel everybody used to think was pretty neat, until Western governments started treating it as a human rights handbook—citizens of Oceania are required by law to spend two minutes each day expressing pent-up resentment at gigantic images of the regime's enemies. The idea is that all their negativity is projected firmly away from the real causes of inequality and injustice, so that Big Brother and chums can enjoy their morning coffee without some firebrand lobbing a half-brick through the panopticon window.
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The PSP was finally discontinued in Japan last year, after several years of steady yet unremarkable sales. Its successor is likely to face the same fate much earlier in its life, going by Sony's disinclination to talk figures and the seemingly indefatigable rise of smartphones and tablets as venues for great games. On clear autumn nights, rumor has it that you can still hear PSP Man wandering the empty tarmac of West London, would-be Game Boy killer clutched to his chest like an absolution that will never come. I can't say I miss the guy, but I do mourn the terrific gaming handheld that might have been.Follow Edwin Evans-Thirlwell on Twitter.On Motherboard: When I Was Five, I Was a Game Boy