{
  "id": 16495010,
  "title": "Jordan Thomas, director of BioShock 2, played Path of Exile for over 7,000 hours while working on co-op horror game The Blackout Club: 'I was essentially awake all the time'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/jordan-thomas-director-of-bioshock-2-played-path-of-exile-for-over-7",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-25T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/jordan-thomas-director-of-bioshock-2-played-path-of-exile-for-over-7-000-hours-while-working-on-co-op-horror-game-the-blackout-club-i-was-essentially-awake-all-the-time/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jordan Thomas, the director of BioShock 2, demonstrated an intense dedication to his work on co-op horror game The Blackout Club by playing Path of Exile for over 7,000 hours while simultaneously developing the project. This level of commitment led Thomas to comment that he was essentially \"awake all the time.\"",
  "summary": "The co-founder of indie studio Question guides us through the games on his PC.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}