XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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More of a strategy RPG, the latest rendition of XCOM is a true enemy to productivity. There are two major factors at work here. The first is the joy of building a secret underground military installation whilst shooting down UFO’s to research tech to shoot down more UFO’s to research more tech to….
*ahem*
The second factor is the incredible capacity for emergent narrative that XCOM has. Unlike the other items in this glorious time-sinking list, XCOM relies on the player more than any other to create a story. The characters they guide into battle and possibly lose are their own, named and trained and raised by them, and them alone. It’s a devastating combination, and it’s executed perfectly for hours… and hours… and hours….
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