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Gods Will Be Watching is the Best Game

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          Stress is packaged into an extraordinary amount of media. Horror, Thrillers, Drama. Even The Office or Spiderman has its share of controlled terror. Of gut wrenches and headaches. Science argues over inherently good or bad lev els of stress (eustress or distress) and others say it's quality not quantity that makes stress good. Improves your hypothalamus they say. Tougher reactions to the next stressor, adaptability, increased learning capacity are all on the table. Furthermore the only working theory behind nightmares is Threat Simulation Theory. The idea that dreams exist as preparation for the worst case while keeping you in a safe environment. Welco me to nightmares in video game form. When the Going Gets Tough Gods Will Be Watching throws you headfirst into a tail of espionage, cyberpunk morals, nihilism, and the fate of the universe. It s tarts with a hostage situation. You are the villain. Of course the story is more comple...