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Dark. Vast. Alien. Alone. Each of these words can inspire fear, as well as describing fears in and of themselves. Indeed, being cold and alone in the darkness of an alien place is perhaps the sum of all fears for many. Yet what is essentially the ultimate combination of these sobering thoughts is the backdrop for many of our most beloved games. That backdrop of course, is outer space. Space enables the exploration of many themes, but these are its pillars. And failure to adequately represent them, has caused many a problem in our space-based scifi games.

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