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/Thick with atmosphere, lush with visual design, and sporting more than a few influences of steampunk, "Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs" is a video game Karl Marx might have played - and even enjoyed.
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Thick with atmosphere, lush with visual design, and sporting more than a few influences of steampunk, "Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs" is a video game Karl Marx might have played - and even enjoyed.
Read MoreIn the latest video game iteration of the current media zombie craze, a history teacher from Georgia confronts the undead hordes - and what those hordes may say about contemporary America
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