great article, but it's criminal that they don't mention Mass Effect at all, which to me is the all-time exemplar of this idea (in the modern era) (we all prete

great article, but it's criminal that they don't mention Mass Effect at all, which to me is the all-time exemplar of this idea (in the modern era) (we all pretend like Mass Effect 3 didn't happen lol). it's the only game I've ever played that felt like it could be a Neal Stephenson novel.