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rockpapershotgun.com - 1/8/2009

Gaming In The Russian Cosmos, Part 1

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This is a piece about Russia, the Ukraine, and the future of PC gaming. It is about creativity, piracy, and thirteen tonnes of software every day. A version of this article, which is based on my trip to Moscow and KRI last April, appeared in the May edition of PC Gamer UK. I’ve ...

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Mile Zero — ... Rock Paper Shotgun's Jim Rossignol has posted up an extended article on Gaming in the Russian Cosmos (should that be Kosmos?). It's an interesting look at a market where, for economic and cultural reasons, PC gaming is both healthy and still primarily sold in boxes, as opposed to downloads. That's great for the Soviet-bloc countries, but it does mean that it's hard for us to get a hold of them. ...