Death of a Game: Artifact

Artifact: A relic of the past. Happy New Year.
edit: We had to blur the footage from 5:38-6:30 as it is not properly sourced (Ars Technica) and I was notified by them to do such. This is the video in question (it's the clips of Richard Garfield talking with an Ars Technica writer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6B7QhZdXIo&t=

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#DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered.