{"id":787810,"date":"2025-12-02T21:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-time-manipulations?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:45:55","slug":"five-of-the-best-time-manipulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/five-of-the-best-time-manipulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Five of the Best: Time manipulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/five-of-the-best-time-manipulations.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Five of the Best is a weekly series for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/subscribe\"><em>supporters of Eurogamer<\/em><\/a><em>. It&#8217;s a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It&#8217;s also about having your say, so don&#8217;t be shy, use the comments below and join in!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh and if you want to read more, you can &#8211; you can find <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/five-of-the-best\"><em>our entire Five of the Best archive<\/em><\/a><em> elsewhere on the site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Neo said it best in The Matrix when Morpheus leapt irresponsibly off the side of a building onto another one nearby, demonstrating how rules could be bent in a simulation like the Matrix. &#8220;Whoa,&#8221; he said, perfectly encapsulating the complexity of the issue. Later of course, he would go on to dodge bullets in a way he once believed wasn&#8217;t possible &#8211; the bullets moved quickly but he moved quicker. And he could do that because time was under his control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-time-manipulations?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-time-manipulations?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. It&#8217;s a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It&#8217;s also about having your say, so don&#8217;t be shy, use the comments below and join in! Oh and if you want to read more, you can &#8211; you can find our entire Five of the Best archive elsewhere on the site. 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