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Peter Cacek

You Need to Get Outside and Freeze Your Butt Off

It’s cold. It’s snowing. It’s the perfect time for a hike.

5 min readJan 16, 2021

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You Need to Get Outside and Freeze Your Butt Off

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Fantasy Shorts

A Valley with no Name

A desperate escape for a desperate man

3 min readJan 6, 2021

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A Valley with no Name

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SUPERJUMP

Tetris, the Transcendent Game

This simple game about stacking blocks has grown, changed, and adapted to each new generation

5 min readDec 23, 2020

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Tetris, the Transcendent Game

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Be Unique

Why I Had to Quit My Dream Job

It’s hard admitting that a career path isn’t right for you, especially when you’ve pursued it for so long

6 min readDec 19, 2020

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SUPERJUMP

How Arcades Have Survived Against Overwhelming Odds

After so many ups and downs, it’s still an uphill battle for this ancestor of modern gaming

6 min readNov 26, 2020

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How Arcades Have Survived Against Overwhelming Odds

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Brewers are the Mad Scientists of the Food Industry

A strange profession requires equally strange people

4 min readNov 17, 2020

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Brewers are the Mad Scientists of the Food Industry

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SUPERJUMP

An Ode to the Midnight Launch

Long lines, harsh weather, and the fear of missing out. But above it all: comradery.

6 min readNov 12, 2020

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An Ode to the Midnight Launch

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SUPERJUMP

Playne Wants Players to Focus on Themselves

How an indie game used tried and true mechanics to promote mental health

6 min readNov 7, 2020

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Playne Wants Players to Focus on Themselves

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SUPERJUMP

The Bet Free-to-Play Games Make on Their Players

How much we value our time with a game plays a large role in the likelihood we’ll spend money on it

6 min readOct 29, 2020

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The Bet Free-to-Play Games Make on Their Players

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SUPERJUMP

World of Final Fantasy’s Weird, Conflicting Harmony

With so many elements at odds with one another, this game still managed to stick with me after four years

6 min readOct 17, 2020

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Peter Cacek

Peter Cacek

Writer. Gamer. Adopted Mountain Man. I write about games, mental health, the great outdoors, and the odd piece of fiction. @PeterCacek on Twitter.

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