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When is work worth it?

Why u do that, Catalans?

Every now and then, I catch myself working while I'm playing and ask myself why.

Don't worry, I'm not going to bore you about the blurry lines between work and play that plague this job - I could moan about the problems that come with hinging your professional life on your main hobby, but that'd be dull. I'm talking about the work that's an intractable part of some games I like to play, where I choose to do something that makes my brain hurt for fun.

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Matt Cox: Once the leader of Rock Paper Shotgun's Youth Contingent, Matt is an expert in multiplayer games, deckbuilders and battle royales. He occasionally pops back into the Treehouse to write some news for us from time to time, but he mostly spends his days teaching small children how to speak different languages in warmer climates.
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