What Permadeath Could Do for Call of Duty, GTA, and Pokémon
It's about time video game death meant something again

How many times did you buy the farm in the last shooter you played? Dozens? Hundreds? Worst case, though, is you ended up retracing your steps from a whole 10 minutes before. Forget movies, books, and TV -- only video games can completely remove death as something we should be mildly concerned about.
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