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Creative director, game designer, and author of The Game Development Strategy Guide Cheryl Platz hosts this engaging look behind the scenes at what it takes to make video games that transcend the test of time. In-depth conversations with industry veterans cover deep topics intended to get listeners thinking about how to pull the video game industry out of the doldrums and into a more sustainable, more playful future.
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The JRPG Report

Dalton Suter, TSMP Productions

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Bi-Weekly podcast dedicated to the JRPG or Japanese Role Playing Game. Discussions include the games, the culture, and all the fun associated with them. From Final Fantasy to Dragon Quest, Tales to Trails, Persona to Kingdom Hearts, they are all here. Western RPGs with Japanese influences will also be covered. Support us on Patreon!
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CAGcast

CheapyD, Wombat, Shipwreck

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Since 2005, the CAGcast has been a pretty silly podcast about video games and the topics that affect gamers. Hosts CheapyD, Wombat, and Shipwreck talk industry news, review games, supply game shopping tips and generally share too much of their personal lives. Giving new meaning to "Talk is Cheap", the CAGcast is the official Podcast of the video game shopping community, CheapAssGamer.com.
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#1 Gamification Podcast | Insights and Real-World Strategies to Boost Engagement, Loyalty & Retention. Professor Game helps innovators, product leaders, and educators use gamification and game thinking to create engagement that lasts. 🎙️ Hosted by Rob Alvarez — TEDx Speaker, consultant, and host of the #1 Gamification Podcast — each week brings you practical insights, case studies, and frameworks from 400+ global experts and proven real-world examples. Expect interviews with top practitioner ...
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Not Just Tactics

Tony Muno & Joe Lee

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Not Just Tactics is a Warmachine podcast featuring fresh perspectives on the game and its community. This will be done through product review, game play mechanics, tactics, lore, and various other content.
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The Startup Podcast

Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad

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A guide to the unique mindset and approach that drives Silicon Valley style disruption. Build product, raise money, and scale your startup like the best. TSP hosts Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein share practical advice based on decades of experience at Google, Uber, and their own startups.
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Realm Maintenance

Realm Maintenance Productions

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Your News for World of Warcraft and Blizzard Game Podcasts Connecting You to Podcasts Covering World of Warcraft and other Blizzard Entertainment Games Hosted by Einar "Ease" Schelin, Realm Maintenance aims to connect its listeners with Blizzard related podcasters and other Content Creators, through interviews and a summary of notable recent episodes from those creators.
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Cal Newport is a computer science professor and a New York Times bestselling author who writes about the impact of technology on society, and the struggle to work and live deeply in a world increasingly mired in digital distractions. On this podcast, he answers questions from his readers and offers advice about cultivating focus, productivity, and meaning amidst the noise that pervades our lives.
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Game Dev Local Podcast (Previously Game Dev London) is all about bringing game design and game development to the game developers and fanatics across the games industry. Our hosts and guests bring their expertise and knowledge to each episode as we aim to help everyone, from those just starting out, to those looking to hone their skills! Each episode focuses on a specific area of #gamedev, from design, to news, to what's hot in the UK game scene right now! For more information visit "GameDev ...
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Dark Dice

Fool and Scholar Productions

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THE horror actual play podcast. (Dnd) Each season, travelers embark on a journey into the dark corners of a fantasy world with dragons & monsters. They will never be the same again.
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Where we discuss game production, leadership and all related topics, deep diving into project/program/portfolio, methodologies and the hard stuff that other podcasts tend to ignore. Want to find out more about the difficult stuff? Stick around! Website: https://www.game-production.com/ Please sign up to the newsletter from the website! Udemy Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/risk-management-in-video-game-development/?referralCode=D6412142A30B4794B550
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Thieves’ Cant features news, discussion, and deep dives into the world of RPGs and other tabletop games. Hosts Jeremy and Chris deliver a mix of analysis, opinion, and engaging segments, exploring game mechanics, worldbuilding, and the latest in the industry. Whether you’re a veteran game master or new to the hobby, welcome to the guild.
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Endgame

End Game Productions

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Endgame is about grappling with the climate crisis from the inside out. From the vantage point of a country town in Australia, the project explores the connections between big and small things to look at how the crisis is re-shaping our relationship to ourselves, each other and the world. For more go to our website at www.endgamepodcast.net
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EverUpwardShow

High Noon Productions

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Your source for all things NYXL. All of the content created by and around the team as well as the results and future of the OWL season will be discussed every week!
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Brain Ladle Trivia

Brain Ladle Productions

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Every week, we present a fast and fun trivia game where general knowledge is taste-tested from a specific topic...or specific knowledge on a general topic. Either way, the delicious bits of trivia minutiae will be served up, piping hot!
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Switch 2 The Past

Was Cool Productions

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New Episodes every Thursday! Formerly The GameCube Was Cool/Unlocking What Was Cool. Mike Laine, Neil Gilbert, and many exciting guest hosts are back with a brand new podcast: Switch 2 The Past where they discuss the past, present, and future of video games with a focus on all things Nintendo.
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WORSTEST

AnnaZ Media

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Each episode, our 4 hosts are given a subject. They choose their worst example of that subject and then battle it out, two at a time, until one is finally crowned as...WORSTEST. Now, this isn’t a bunch of blowhards in a room spewing out opinion. All (or at least MOST) of what you’ll hear is researched facts, stories, and histories; all told by our riveting and adorable hosts, and sometimes a special guest or two.
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Home of The Movies Made Us Do It, The Icons of Sin, You Know It, and Kelly’s Roadhouse! Sweet Valley High, Movies, Video Games, Movie Reviews, Kelly’s Roadhouse #TheIconsOfSin #TheMoviesMadeUsDoIt #KellysRoadhouse #SweetValleyHigh
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"Welcome to ALTS productions network, where we talk about photography, the immersive worlds of RPG games and advice from other creators across the internet. Whether you're a photographer looking for inspiration or an RPG enthusiast seeking advice, this podcast is your go-to resource. Tune in for engaging conversations, practical insights, and a community of like-minded creators!"
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The Course Creator Show

Gemma Bonham-Carter

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The Course Creator Show is your no-BS guide to building a wildly successful online course business—without sacrificing your sanity. We’re talking big revenue, part-time hours, and the kind of freedom that lets you work in your pajamas or from a café in Paris (because why not both?). Hosted by Gemma Bonham-Carter, an online business strategist who’s helped over 14,000 entrepreneurs through her paid programs, this show dishes out the insider strategies, real talk, and no-fluff advice you need ...
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Dungeons & Drimbus

Whimsic Productions

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Professional actors playing unprofessional TTRPG characters. Professionally. Super heroes? Ok. A gang of babies? ...sure. Wait, Shia LeBeouf? And WTF is a Drimbus? Using traditional TTRPG mechanics to tackle non-traditional scenarios, join our cast of professional idiots as they try to roll their way out of the most ridiculous situations.
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Most indie studios spend 3-5 years on a single game, hoping it becomes their big break. Galaxy Grove? They're shipping games annually with a team of 16+ (and growing), staying on budget, and avoiding crunch. A huge amount of indie game failure comes down to one thing: poor scope management and unrealistic timelines that lead to delays and budget ov…
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How do you navigate the incredibly high stakes of video game development (even AAA video game development) without losing the fun, and your humanity along the way? Senior Producer Yesenia Cisneros helps us close out Season 1 with her signature blend of world-class production, problem solving, and people focus. All listeners will walk away inspired …
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This session featured hosts Juney Dijkstra and Kyrene Kim interviewing guest Isabelle Bismuth. The Production Professionals Interview Series features exemplary production professionals in a series of focused knowledge sharing conversations on a broad range of topics, from tackling tough conversations with your team, to preferred tools, methods and …
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Our hosts tackle (much better than the football teams we'll be talking about) their first sports episode....WORST SPORTS FRANCHISE! Will Scott convince us his sports franchise is real? Will Tim risk the wrath of a vindictive sports team owner? Will John ever learn what he's even talking about and will Pete ever be whole again. Listen in and find ou…
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Welcome to the long-promised epidition 100! As you may have noticed, it is over 26 HOURS long. If this is too much fun all at once, no worries, we will also be releasing it weekly in 11 parts! We talk about sauce boys vs dry guys, defective tooters, dolphin juice, office Robert, frothy golf, Minecraft Holmes, banana speed runs, mustard countdowns, …
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[NEW EPISODE ALERT] This week on Brands In Play, Nic Hill and Albane Prioux sit down with Rick Hack, Founder of Empire House, an advisory company driving digital transformation and innovation in the Media & Ent industry. From The Meg’s VFX breakthrough to virtual production, cloud studios, autonomous vehicles, and why human-made, empathy-driven sto…
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In this episode of The SEGA Lounge, we dive deep into the cult classic Blue Stinger — one of the Dreamcast’s most bizarre and beloved launch titles. Join us as we explore the game’s Hollywood-inspired vision and why it still holds a strange power over fans decades later. Featuring Dreamcast Enjoyer and Brian Vines. Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by …
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Were we wildly wrong, or surprisingly on the money? As 2025 wraps, Chris and Yaniv revisit the bold predictions they made at the start of the year. They reflect on their calls about AI, robotics, VC markets, crypto, and geopolitics. While some were accurate, some were also hilariously off. Together, they unpack what 2025 really looked like for star…
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Thanks to the kind folks at Blizzard, we are giving away a copy of World of Warcraft: Midnight Epic Edition! To enter the giveaway, you can do one of two things: Go to @realmpodcast on X (Twitter) or Bluesky. Follow the show, like the pinned post and comment with your answer to: If you could interview one WoW content creator, who would it be? Email…
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What happens when a man decides to fight depression with play? You get Robert Manolson, founder of Powerful Play Experiences, and one of Canada’s most inspiring advocates for mental wellness in the workplace. His sessions spark joy, ease the spirit, and reconnect teams with their inner child — the one we often leave behind. After years of battling …
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Sindri, Lirril, and Elias arrive at their desired destination...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out the podcast: Fables of Frost and Fur!Story by Travis Vengroff (Game Master) Produced, Edited, and with Sound Design by Travis Vengroff Executive Producers: Dennis Greenhill, Carol Vengroff, AJ Punk'n, & Maico Villegas Mixing and Mastering by Finnur Nielsen Transcriptions…
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Focusing on the person, anger management, burning bridges, interviewing Ion Hazzikostas - these are just some of the things I talked with Berzerker about this week. Unshackled Fury has been going for 10 years, and we wanted to celebrate! Find Berzerker online: ⁨@unshackledfury on Bluesky / @Unshackled_Fury on X @berzerker on Bluesky / @BerzerkerRag…
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In August 2025, Polish researchers tested something nobody had thought to check: what happens to doctors' skills after they rely on AI assistance? The AI worked perfectly—catching problems during colonoscopies, flagging abnormalities faster than human eyes could. But when researchers pulled the AI away, the doctors' detection rates had dropped. The…
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Send us a text The Spore Four continue to schmooze the dwarven bourgeoisie. Music: PremiumBeat Code: DODEVR4WFCGWZAFC All other music by Tabletop Audio Thanks for listening! You can find us on Twitter @25northpodcast You can join our Discord community with this invite code "nBTZzTGZdA" You can send us an email at [email protected] if you wis…
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Chris and Jeremy unearth some real-world lore about a deadly 1518 dancing plague, and explore the potential story hooks it offers. Plus, Draw Steel’s Beastheart class hits public playtesting, Free League announces a new One Ring adventure, and WotC files a new trademark claim for Dark Sun. @thievescantcast [email protected] 00:00 Open 01:51…
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We often talk on this show about how digital devices undermine our ability to consume more complicated and meaningful ideas. But what about our ability to produce such ideas from scratch? In this episode, Cal identifies a key productive skill – long thinking – that we’re increasingly losing. He argues that it’s critical for living a deep life and p…
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Send us a text A chicken jack shouldn’t decide a heavyweight brawl—but today it did, and that surprise set the tone for a fast, funny, and insight-packed round table session. I sit down with Angus and Chris to relive a 50-point Mark IV clash, admit we forgot objectives on a four-by-six battlefield, and extract the real lessons: how the new unit mov…
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Build a thriving, loyal community—without chasing members or cranking out content 24/7. Join us for free: 🏡 professorgame.com/freecommunity-web From theme parks to zines, Andy & Jeff Crocker reveal how analog thinking powers modern engagement. We explore Infinite Right Answers, designing for collaboration, embracing imperfection over performance, a…
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Cows, cavemen, monsters and more. No, it isn't a Monster Manual! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we go to The Far Side, Gary Larsen's legendary comic strip and a staple of '80s absurdity. Plus: brown corduroy! * * * Instagram? Old news. Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu's book, Monsters, Aliens, and …
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[NEW EPISODE ALERT] This week on Brands In Play, Albane Prioux and Nic Hill sit down with Margot Rodde, Founder & CEO of Creators Corp. We unpack the crucial split between Fortnite BR and UEFN, and why studios are going platform agnostic. Margot argues platforms must “pick a lane” (ad platform vs. creator-first game platform), and makes the case fo…
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Matron Brunt gathers the remaining heads of the feuding great Orc families in an attempt to create unity by revisiting an ancient tradition. Orcsgiving is played on the Mischief TTRPG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠available here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Us Support Us on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/drimbus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit Our…
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On a very special HALLOWEEN Episode, our hosts (and resident expert on all things Bigfoot, Simon) do a deep dive throughout cultures and history to uncover which Cryptid ( an animal such as Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster, that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist...but we know better) is WORSTEST!…
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SEGA and Rovio's free-to-play mobile (and PC) game Sonic Rumble is finally here and KC, Viper and Lime discuss their initial thoughts on the game one day after its global launch. Originally aired LiVE on RadioSEGA and our Twitch and YouTube channels. Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opuss…
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OpenAI may appear to be building the future, but are they leading the tech industry towards collapse? In this episode, Chris and Yaniv are joined by Jacob Ward (journalist, author of The Loop and NBC Technology Correspondent) to break down OpenAI’s latest livestream and what it signals about the next era of AI. Sam Altman may talk the good talk, bu…
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It’s the NFT report! Not to be confused with the hottest craze in art collecting in 2021, instead this NFT stands for Nintendo Financial Times! Mike and Neil sit down to talk about Switch 2 sales, and the Switch on the cusp becoming Nintendo's best selling console of all time. The boys also talk about some gaming news as well as some upcoming games…
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You're frozen. The deadline's approaching. You don't have all the data. Everyone wants certainty. You can't give it. Sound familiar? Maybe it's a hiring decision with three qualified candidates and red flags on each one. Or a product launch where the market research is mixed. Or a career pivot where you can't predict which path leads where. You wan…
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Send us a text The Spore Four take on their toughest challenge yet... a social gathering! Music: "Underworld" by Myuu PremiumBeat Code: DODEVR4WFCGWZAFC All other music by Tabletop Audio Thanks for listening! You can find us on Twitter @25northpodcast You can join our Discord community with this invite code "nBTZzTGZdA" You can send us an email at …
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What do you need to do to keep employees engaged and committed? What should your position be on remote work? Side hustles? Ping pong tables? Should you offer all employees equity? Bringing Gen Z employees to your workplace is well worth it, but it means a mental pivot from the hiring team, keeping in mind an entirely new set of criteria. Chris and …
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Techno-philosopher Eliezer Yudkowsky recently went on Ezra Klein's podcast to argue that if we continue on our path toward superintelligent AI, these machines will destroy humanity. In this episode, Cal responds to Yudkowsky’s argument point by point, concluding with a more general claim that these general styles of discussions suffer from what he …
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I was about to title this episode "How I'm Actually Feeling About AI Right Now", because honestly? It's not all sunshine and robots over here. Look, you know me. I'm the AI girl. I teach it, I use it, I've built entire systems around it. But lately? Some stuff happening in the AI space is giving me the ick. And in some cases, I'm like... have we co…
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Send us a text Souls, maps, and a 2 a.m. finals—this one has it all. We kick off with our leap into Crix for Mark IV and plans for a 2v2 that finally uses full objectives and scenario play, then rewind to a bleary-eyed but uplifting Worlds recap. England’s 5–0 run and Team USA’s podium weren’t just results; they were a reminder that the Warmachine …
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Exploring gamification for your product or org? Let's chat → professorgame.com/chat We dive into the fascinating overlap between product thinking and gamification. By bridging Marty Cagan's product discovery mindset with the Octalysis framework, we uncover how to build not just functional products — but ones users love coming back to. Rob Alvarez i…
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It belongs in a museum! Oh, wait, that doesn't work here... This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out Thousand Year Old Campfire, also known as Old Morris Cave: A Continuous Use Campsite in Mammoth Cave National Park. A descendant of Thousand Year Old Vampire, this game examines presence, absence and time through the excavation of an archa…
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A group of filmmakers travel to an isolated planet to investigate an SOS signal at the behest of their client. This was played on Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games and Arkyvrs by Alewood Games, using the adventure Plant Based Paranoia by Skullfungus. Check out the rest of the series on our Patreon! Cast Amanda Fernandez-Acosta (Echo, the Utility T…
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[NEW EPISODE ALERT] This week on Brands In Play, we sit down with Ross Crump, founder of Ardent Social. Ross explains why “influencer” ≠ influence. From leading campaigns with the Sidemen and John Cena’s Overwatch 2 launch to founding Ardent, Ross breaks down why the real power lies in micro-communities and the creators who shape them not simply th…
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