Hades

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Rogue, Roguelike, Roguelite - The Evolution of the Loop

You just lost 40 minutes of progress. You're back at square one - and yet, somehow, you're already planning your next run. Welcome to the world of Rogues: a genre built on punishing you, confusing you with its own terminology, and keeping you hooked until 4 AM anyway.

Decoding RNG: How Randomness Powers Games (and How Developers Trick You)

We hear the term all the time in video games, most often in phrases like "I got terrible RNG during this run" or "My speedrun was ruined by bad RNG." In everyday gaming slang, players use it to describe the overall outcome of a game's random systems and how "lucky" they got - whether they managed to loot a powerful weapon, land a critical hit at a crucial moment, or draft cards that synergize perfectly.