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The Memory Leak Podcast

Ben and Geron are couple of crusty gamers that want to share there knowledge with the rest of the world. Listen to learn about the history of games, videogame development, and delve into current events.

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Memory Leak episode 5 where Geron and Ben discuss difficulty in videogames, how to make games challenging, where difficulty ruins a game, and how difficulty differs across genres.