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Emma's Adventures: I painted landscapes in the horribly violent world of Rust

A brush with death.

A view from a wooden platform overlooking the sea in the game Rust. In the distance is an oil rig - the the same oil rig that has been painted onto a board in the foreground of the image. In the painting, the oil rig is silhouetted against a deep red sun that's dipping into the sea behind it. In 'reality', we see the oil rig in daylight. It's a striking painting.
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Feature by Emma Kent Former Intern and Reporter
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Ah Rust, the perfect game for relaxing and enjoying the scenery, right? Wrong. It's a nightmare zone full of death, paranoia and the most irritating players you'll find in a multiplayer game. It's been made that way by design, of course - the driving idea behind Rust is survival, and having to watch your back for other players is a key part of this. Base-building becomes a matter of outwitting other players with solutions such as fake walls, impenetrable cave bases, and chests hidden under bear rugs. Journeys into the wilderness, meanwhile, require careful planning: just how much are you prepared to lose, and what backup resources do you have on standby for when you inevitably die?

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