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It's the family-friendly, backwards compatible Gen-Z video game podcast with oodles of monetizable intellectual property — and this time it has three hosts. We're discussing last week's biggest news item (no, not that one) and the latest in scummy business practices in journalism.
THINGS MENTIONED:
IGN with a breakdown on Nintendo's casual info about a live action Zelda movie: https://www.ign.com/articles/well-at-least-we-know-the-live-action-the-legend-of-zelda-movie-will-be-released-before-the-end-of-the-decade
Nintendo Forecast breaks down the latest Nintendo investor call: https://youtu.be/SSH2bGqZa7U
Fast Company on the NYT tech strike: https://www.fastcompany.com/91222488/new-york-times-tech-workers-strike-election
Aftermath's breakdown of the latest round of Kotaku layoffs: https://aftermath.site/kotaku-layoffs-go-media
If you've made it this far in the description and you're a media person, hire our friend Willa: https://muckrack.com/willa-rowe
Evan Pincus' really good Letterboxd review of The Devil and Daniel Johnston: https://letterboxd.com/drlemon/film/the-devil-and-daniel-johnston/
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your game recs and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Hey, did y'all hear that the Dreamcast is back? Call of Duty is back, too, but that's a lot less exciting. Tori and Nate discuss...
THINGS MENTIONED:
Polygon on the CoD ban in Kuwait: https://www.polygon.com/news/470233/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-kuwait-ban
Tim Walz, for reference: https://x.com/BoozeRadly/status/1851238159746482278
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your game recs and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Tori's holding down the fort this week with the lovely guest hosts Kim and Chase from all kinds of podcasts. You'll recognize them from shows like dotzip, Frog of the Week and Video Game Podtimism. No news this week, just a rootin-tootin good time discussing the games we love :)
Find our guests online!
Kim hosts Frog of the Week and dotzip
Chase hosts dotzip and Video Game Podmitism
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your game recs and your favorite games whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Sometimes the biggest game release isn't even a game, it's an alarm clock.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Vice is trying to resurrect Waypoint: https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-want-waypoints-return-to-be-like-the-silent-hill-2-remake/
Alarmo...: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-121311/
The many spiritual successors of Disco Elysium: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/theres-now-a-third-studio-boasting-disco-elysium-veterans-trying-to-follow-up-the-beloved-rpg-here-with-a-a-spiritual-successor-psychogeographic-rpg/
What the hell is going on at GameFreak: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/pokemon/huge-game-freak-leak-reveals-pokemon-source-code-unused-designs-switch-2-details-and-unannounced-gen-10-games/
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your game recs and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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We start with some news and jump into talking about the new Zelda and also a completely unrelated big magnet.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Aftermath on the Gamurs layoffs: https://aftermath.site/gamurs-group-has-more-shitty-layoffs
Polygon: Palworld is coming to PS5 despite its ongoing lawsuit: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/455993/palworld-playstation-5-ps5-release-date
Everything announced at the recent State of Play: https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/24/everything-revealed-in-state-of-play-september-2024/
Microsoft is sorta going green: https://www.eurogamer.net/microsofts-green-initiatives-for-xbox-have-saved-over-3bn-car-miles-of-co2-emissions
Popular retro YouTuber in Nintendo's sights?: https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1frjcaa/hey_everyone_this_is_russ_from_retro_game_corps_i/
Nintendo Forecast on the team for the new Zelda game: https://youtu.be/Te7vo8-9CK0
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your game recs, thoughts about blemished food and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Resignations, layoffs and the soulless husk of a beloved (?) mobile game in the news this week. Plus: Nathaniel delves deeper into tinkering, a femininomenon in Elden Ring and Tori's crunchy audio quality because she's still on vacation and had a recording hiccup.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Variety on the realities of the PS5 Pro's power: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24243216/playstation-5-pro-ps5-big-4k-screenshots
What's up with the Annapurna resignations?: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/451240/control-2-remedy-annapurna-interactive-resignations
Microsoft lays off 650 more people: https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/microsoft-gaming-layoffs-650-employees-1236141947/
Willa Rowe for Inverse on the weird revival of Flappy Bird: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/flappy-bird-returns-ios-android-microtransactions-trademark
The Strange Sexlessness of Skyrim on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H3ZMz4_iVjE
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your weird, lame 90s movie recs and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Tori and Nathaniel are out this week, so Noah recruited a crack team of gamers to talk about the week in game news. First is Brendon Bigley of Into the Aether and second is Emily Price, whose writing on games is all over the place including Unwinnable and Paste.
Find Brendon's work: https://wavelengths.online/
Find Emily online: https://bsky.app/profile/emilyprice.bsky.social
THINGS MENTIONED:
The Sonic suit (don't buy it, we're not sponsored): https://www.opposuits.com/products/sonic-the-hedgehog?srsltid=AfmBOopba7TsIh-VO5IZjZqiYLir3KJ_6L99nAdpwnFXBeQCpDrgSflK
Rolling Stone breaking down the Concord shutdown situation: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/playstation-concord-dead-offline-1235094165/
Lex Luddy's Astro Bot review for StartMenu: https://www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-astro-bot-melancholy-hill
GameRant: Sony CFO says the company doesn't have enough IP: https://www.thegamer.com/playstation-not-enough-original-ip-says-sony/
Emily's recommended Vagrant Story YouTube video: https://youtu.be/oJbq959x-xU
The Verge on Baldur's Gate 3's new official mod support: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24236649/baldurs-gate-3-patch-7-now-live-evil-endings-mod-support
People Make Games' new video on war games: https://youtu.be/lYaDXZ2MI-k
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us PS2 RPG recs and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Well, you know we have to talk about last week's Nintendo Directs, we can't not. Plus there's some other games coming out soon that we're excited about and one that led to a company getting shuttered regardless of its quality.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Robin Bea's Visions of Mana review for Inverse: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/visions-of-mana-review
Gematsu on the closure of Ouka Studios: https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/bloomberg-netease-games-plans-to-close-visions-of-mana-developer-ouka-studios
Ken Shepard's Metaphor Re:Fantazio first impressions for Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/metaphor-refantazio-preview-persona-atlus-political-1851633394
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us video game recs and whatever else at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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With Noah out this week, what better opportunity is there for Nathaniel and Tori to talk about Gamescom, Nintendo's museum and House Season 4?
THINGS MENTIONED:
Nintendo is killing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/442905/animal-crossing-pocket-camp-shut-down
Nintendo shows off its new museum: https://youtu.be/JApUMBscKOc
The new Indiana Jones won't be stuck on Xbox and PC: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-explains-decision-to-launch-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-on-ps5
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us cozy video game recs at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Tori's out this week and you know what that means: Noah and Nathaniel are playing something silly. It's Star Wars time, baby. Specifically GBA Star Wars time.
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us video game and niche card game recs at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Join us this week for an audio smörgåsbord. We give our belated review of 2024's hottest film, Nathaniel goes deep on Olympic breaking and we share our favorite games from the PS2.
THINGS MENTIONED:
This video about the new emulation handheld Nathaniel got: https://youtu.be/LIMepWAzUuw
This article from The New Yorker about quitting Spotify: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-i-finally-quit-spotify
Never Post: https://www.neverpo.st/
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us video game and niche card game recs at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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With Noah out this week Tori and Nathaniel go deep on the Olympics, Elden Ring and the latest nonsense in Fortnite.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Game Informer is dead: https://x.com/gameinformer/status/1819399257071214854
The new Fortnite Lego set: https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/fortnite
Also the Cybertruck is in fortnite (lol, also lmao): https://www.fortnite.com/news/unlock-the-cybertruck-in-fortnite-by-goin-on-a-summer-road-trip-with-the-squad
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us video game and niche card game recs at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Hi gamers, no new episode from us this week. Instead, here's a treat! It's Video Game Podtimism! This is a recent episode of their fantastic show where Noah guested to talk about all kinds of stuff including a stupidly difficult Star Wars game for the PS1. We'll be back next week! In the meantime, the original description for the this episode is below.
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Hey Podtimists,
This week David is somewhere chilling on a beach so we were instead joined by the wonderful Noah Hertz from the Press START podcast. This week he has played two supremely confusing (but also good) video games. Chase on the other hand is just soaking in the Hoyoverse.
We also took a deeper look at Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles, which promptly kicked out whole ass. The game is both good and incredibly hard!
Games Mentioned:Luigi's Mansion 2
Zenless Zone Zero
Death Stranding
Final Fantasy Tactics
Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles
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This week Tori and Noah are joined by YouTuber and fellow Gen Z gamer Gabi Belle to talk about the weird games we played as lonely kids, why she loves games and lots more.
Thank you Gabi for the use of your song PLASTIC LOVE.
Stream it on wherever you stream music!
Find Gabi all over the place online:
YouTube: @gabibelle
Spotify: gabi belle
Twitter: @itsgabibelle
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us about weird Wii games from your childhood at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Instead of news this week, we dive into our mailbag which is filled with Xbox 360 recommendations. There's some fun stuff in there!!
By the way, Noah was on Video Game Podtimism this week! Listen wherever you listen to podcasts! More info on their website: podtimism.com
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us video game and niche card game recs at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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We do not want to talk about news this week so we are just spending an hour to talk about what we're playing. We hope you understand and enjoy :)
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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I hope this podcast finds you well, gamers. Tori and Noah are back off of a week off to gush about that banger of a Nintendo Direct from last week and to talk about how WE'RE definitely not pretending to be Asian women, but the same can't be said for some internet weirdos. Give it a listen, if you dare...
THINGS MENTIONED
Bloomberg on the strange state of video game leakers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-21/rumors-go-dark-as-video-game-leakers-face-a-reckoning
Digital Trends list of Nintendo Direct announcements: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-june-2024-everything-announced/
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us with your Elden Ring builds at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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It's officially "E3" season. We share our Summer Games Fest thoughts as well as some news about emulation and more.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Polygon's Summer Games Fest trailer list: https://www.polygon.com/24173215/summer-game-fest-announcements-trailers-2024
Esquire on the ups and downs of Summer Games Fest: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a61006534/summer-game-fest-explained/
GameRant on the Halo PS5 rumor: https://gamerant.com/halo-1-remaster-ps5-rumor/
More on the battle against emulators and roms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2KV8MHRJlQ
NakeyJakey's video on mid games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvzhE_MuMhM
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us with Xbox 360 game recommendations at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Nathaniel watched the recent State of Play, Noah got that hot new Xbox everyone's talking about and we're mentally preparing for E3 Season.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Yes, The NYT is suing a Wordle clone: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/wordle-owner-files-lawsuit-against-geography-based-worldle
The House M.D. wiki page for House's GBA: https://house.fandom.com/wiki/House%27s_Game_Boy
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us with Xbox 360 game recommendations at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Games media consolidation, rumors and lots more in this week's episode.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Polygon on Nintendo's acquisition of Shiver: https://www.polygon.com/24161472/nintendo-shiver-acquisition-explained
Nintendo Forecast on said acquisition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5gOA_h0nc
The latest in nonsense games media acquisitions: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161718/ign-gamer-network-acquisition
Is Sony working on a new handheld console?: https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-sony-is-preparing-for-a-new-psp-that-will-run-ps4-games.873753/
Leaker Midori on the supposed early Persona 6 logo: https://x.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1793762106539684126?t=EDJ86dEQ98F2YUag-E4g3g&s=19
YouTuber Jenny Nicholson on the failure of the "luxury" Star Wars hotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4
As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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