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Google Bets a Billion Dollars on Twitch
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The Guilt of the Video-Game Millionaires
One night in March, 2013, Rami Ismail and his business partner Jan Willem released a game for mobile phones called Ridiculous Fishing.
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One-Hit Wonders
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The Interstellar Contract
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