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Social distance

LURL ‘’, is running in our browser. We have to admit it’s a very convenient way to revisit SNK’s run-andgunner, and the only thing that feels a bit off at this point is the presence of our webcam feed in the top-right corner, pushing the game display leftwards. If our instinct is to minimise it, though, that would be missing the point, as soon becomes clear when another player joins our game. Their cam feed (showing a masked avatar) slots under ours, and we can now communicate with them via video, chat or

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