The Pacing of PUBG - The Thriller Tension of Battlegrounds - Extra Credits

Why have we become obsessed with a game where nothing happens for minutes at a time? It's because PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is something rare in games: a multiplayer thriller.
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