Games

We’ve all seen it. The small rotating symbol warning players against impatient shutdown actions. “Do not turn off your system when this symbol is displayed,” reads the message often seen when loading a game (or some other version of those words). The subtext is clear. The saving process is delicate, and if you interrupt this invisible ritual, the data that is saved in some folder deep inside your computer will be damaged, destroyed, broken. You will lose all your progress, all your precious swords and achievements.

But is this true? How likely is it? really suffer catastrophic losses of shotgun shells? To find out, I decided to spend a very tedious afternoon turning my gaming system off and on during multiple games. Was that a good idea? I do not know. I’m a gamer, not an idea guy.

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