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How a 1980s Atari creator with cystic fibrosis crafted a story of salmon survival

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69% Informative

In 1982 , Bill Williams created a game about swimming upstream against impossible odds.

In the game, you play as Sam the Salmon , swimming upriver to spawn with a female salmon.

Williams ' personal battle with cystic fibrosis, characterized by chronic pain, infused Salmon Run with authentic meaning.

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68

Informative language

65

Neutral language

3

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

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not offensive

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not hateful

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long-living

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