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Bennett Foddy, designer of QWOP and Baby Steps, is obsessed with friendslop games and won't uninstall Baldur's Gate 3, even though he'll probably never finish it: 'It was too big and so I stopped'

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Bennett Foddy
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Latest · Baby Steps
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Latest · Baldur's Gate III
Top genres · rpg, strategy, adventure
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