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Sean Murray pours one out for No Man's Sky permadeath player who stranded himself in bittersweet space purgatory: 'All I can do is sit in my ship, watch the lightning storms, and wait for my oxygen to run out'

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No Man's Sky
Genres · rpg
Release · Aug 9, 2016
Developer · Hello Games
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