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David Hayward is a mod-maker and writer based in the UK. He works for the games industry consultancy Pixel-Lab, keeps a blog about games called Functional Autonomy, and can be contacted at [email protected].

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Videogame Aesthetics: The Future!Videogame Aesthetics: The Future!
byDavid Hayward
Oct 14, 2005
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