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When's The Last Time Hype Influenced How You Felt About a Game?

With 'God of War' now at our fingertips, we discuss hype and AAA games on Waypoint Radio.
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With Austin at a work event, Patrick and Rob and myself discussed our own uneasy relationships with hype—say, around a game as big as the new God of War—and how we navigate the joys and sorrows of buzz around big games.

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