Name The Game That Never Got A Sequel

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Name The Game That Never Got A Sequel

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HONEY, GRAB THE TISSUES! 😭 The absolute TRAGEDY of the software world - you pour your SOUL into building this MAGNIFICENT project with clean architecture, beautiful code, and revolutionary features... only for management to BRUTALLY MURDER your dreams by shutting down the entire project before version 2.0! The emotional whiplash from "excited SpongeBob" to "sobbing in fetal position SpongeBob" is the universal developer experience when your glorious creation gets the dreaded corporate guillotine! And that "To Be Continued" message? Pure psychological TORTURE for developers and users alike! Just another day where capitalism crushes creativity and leaves us all screaming into the void!

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