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Thanks to the following for sharing their passion for video games with me: David Schwartz of Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Interactive Games and Media, rit.edu/gccis/igm • Andy Phelps, Chris Egert, and Jenn Hinton of RIT’s MAGIC center, magic.rit.edu • Jon-Paul Dyson and Shannon Symonds of the Strong Museum’s International Center for the History of Electronic Games, museumofplay.org/about/icheg • Melissa Coons, Erin Wasik, Mark Christoforetti, Gabe So, and Ed Rodrigues of Vicarious Visions, vvisions.com • Tobi Saulnier and Justin Candeloro of 1st Playable, 1stplayable.com • Lance Priebe of Hyper Hippo Games, hyperhippo.ca • Amy Kraft of Monkey Bar Collective, monkeybarcollective.com • Jamey Stevenson of the Tech Valley Game Space, techvalleygamespace.com • Greg Wondra, gregwondra.wix.com/gamedev • John Ceceri III, jciii.me
And thanks to my playtesters and their families! Olive Revis • Zephan Conway • Jack Diligent • V.I. Post