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Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died

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Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died

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Emrich came up with the idea in a 1993 review of Master of Orion, and it stuck.

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That’s 4 Es
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  Pity. The guy to take that issue up with just left the building 🤣

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