Videogames: The Hacking Edition

I did an interview with Gamespot a while back on the subject of hacking in videogames.



Off the back of this, I wrote a piece on the history of hacking in videogames. If you'd like to see some of my favourites (alongside a few "What were they thinking" efforts) then here comes Christmas.

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