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Vampire Survivors can't stand it when I succeed

It's a spiteful game

Hellish bullet hell in a Vampire Survivors screenshot.

Lately, I've not been able to pull myself away from Vampire Survivors, a simple arcade-style game where you fend off hordes of bats and skeletons for as long as you possibly can. Aside from thinking it should've been released 15 years ago, I've come to realise how spiteful it is. This is a game that can't stand it when you're successful, and I respect that.

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Ed Thorn: When Ed's not cracking thugs with bicycles in Yakuza, he's likely swinging a badminton racket in real life. Any genre goes, but he's very into shooters and likes a weighty gun, particularly if they have a chainsaw attached to them. Adores orange and mango squash, unsure about olives.
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