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Not For Broadcast leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Papers, Please leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Papers, Please leans harder on variance: Random entrant documents and scripted-event surprises

Optimization6 vs 7

Papers, Please leans harder on optimization: Internalizing rulebooks and inspection workflow efficiency

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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