Best thisgamewhere Podcasts (2024)

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Ep.197 - James Bond 007 (Nintendo Game Boy) 24:39

16d ago24:39

24:39

The game's Bond... James Bond! Chris and Ashley get their licence to podcast this week in James Bond 007 on the Game Boy, an action RPG that tries to distil the thrills, spills and kills of N64 titan GoldenEye onto a small pixelated black and white screen. Find out how successful developer Saffire were in achieving this by listening! Come join us o…

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Ep.196 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Sony PlayStation 2) 51:48

24d ago51:48

51:48

It's time for us to tinker with time as we play Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a 2003 action-adventure-platformer hybrid. It's a game both Chris and Ashley have very good memories of playing and have high hopes that it stands the test of time. Along the way, you'll find out how this game links to the Assassin's Creed series and Beyond Good an…

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Ep.195 - Psychic World (Sega Game Gear) 24:46

1M ago24:46

24:46

It's time for us to conjure up Psychic World, this game where you play as a girl with ESP skills metaphorically coming out of her ears who is tasked with literally defeating hordes of monsters that have literally escaped from a scientific research facility. There is talk about the game (an early 90s Game Gear 2D action-platformer-schmup hybrid), as…

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Ep.194 - Rise of the Robots (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) 30:31

2M ago30:31

30:31

Ashley introduces Chris to Rise of the Robots this week, this game where you play as a fighting robot. And probably rise or something. It is famous for having fancy graphics, billed as having groundbreaking AI and for using music by Brian May (yep, him off of The Queens and badgers). It is also famous for being a high-profile failure. Hit play and …

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Ep.193 - Tomba! (Sony PlayStation) 39:57

2M ago39:57

39:57

With the game's special edition re-release this week, we get stuck into 1997's Tomba! (or Tombi! for European players), this PlayStation game where you play as a feral pink-haired cave boy who does missions in a side-scrolling platformer/ RPG/ Metroidvania/ action/ adventure hybrid with an unhealthy pig obsession. Is it a silk purse or a sow's ear,…

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Ep.192 - Tomb Raider (Sony PlayStation 3) 54:38

2M ago54:38

54:38

Time for a third bite of the cherry this week as we try Tomb Raider again! After playing and disliking the PlayStation original and its sequel over the last year or so, Ashley is convinced that the 2013 reboot is where it's at. With its availability on Game Pass, we give it a go. Is this the one that'll turn the tide and get us into the continuing …

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Ep.191 - Cool Spot (Sega Mega Drive) 33:03

4M ago33:03

33:03

It's everybody's favourite red sunglasses-toting circular mascot - Cool Spot! This week, we play 1993's 'advergame' in which you control the titular little guy around a platforming odyssey. He has since faded into obscurity. Should the game do similar? Find out by listening! Not only that but you'll also find out Ashley's top tip for making a refre…

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Ep.190 - Thief II: The Metal Age (PC) 42:10

4M ago42:10

42:10

It's a multiple of 10 this week so, in time-honoured tradition, we try a game that neither of us has played before. This time, we take on Thief II: The Metal Age, this game where you stealth your way through a series of missions in and around a steampunk-medieval city. Releasing on the PC in 2000, the game is incredibly well-regarded and still has …

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Ep.189 - Advance Wars (Nintendo Game Boy Advance) 36:35

4M ago36:35

36:35

Tiny but mighty, the Game Boy Advance was home to some absolute bangers, and this week's game Advance Wars is no exception. Offering a fully featured tactics experience on the diminutive console, this one punches way above its weight. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: T…

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Ep.188 - Braid (PC) 47:14

5M ago47:14

47:14

We're taking a spin through the world of Braid this week, this game where you play as a nice guy called Tim who's trying to rescue a princess. Or is he? The game is billed as a commentary on games design itself. Or is it? And the main mechanic is that you can rewind time to retry puzzles. Or do you? Yes, you do. It's a game well-loved by many for i…

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Ep.187 - Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) 1:01:44

6M ago1:01:44

1:01:44

Chris and Ashley take a wander through the Wasteland of Washington D.C. circa 2277 this week when they emerge from Vault 101 in Fallout 3, Bethesda's bombastic foray into the future. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this epi…

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Ep.186 - Broken Sword (PC) 58:39

6M ago58:39

58:39

"Paris in the fall, the last months of the year, at the end of the millennium..." So begins the first Broken Sword game (AKA The Shadow of the Templars AKA Broken Sword 1), this game where George Stobbart avoids death in a bomb blast at a café in a trap set by a clown then decides to find out what on earth caused this to happen, triggering all mann…

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Ep.185 - South Park (Nintendo 64) 45:26

6M ago45:26

45:26

In the heady days of 1998, with Y2K looming large on the horizon, Napster nary a whisper in the ears of two Seans (or Shawns, depending which one you ask) and Pokémon registering as but a distant rumble for anyone in the West, Matt Stone and Trey Parker were just about hitting their stride in putting the world to rights and making fart jokes with S…

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Ep.184 - Tomb Raider 2 (Sony PlayStation) 39:07

7M ago39:07

39:07

To mark the recent release of Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 Remastered, Chris takes Ashley down into some deep dark tombs to do some raiding in Tomb Raider 2. Yes, the remastered collection came out two months ago now. Yes, we only did the first one last year. Yes, we hated it when we played it. What a pair of little scamps we are! The sequel was touted a…

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Ep.183 - Project Zero 2 (Sony PlayStation 2) 53:37

7M ago53:37

53:37

We're back! After a month or so off, we're coming back this week with Project Zero 2, a survival horror game that gave Ashley the willies back in 2003 when he played it and some spooky goings-on happened during gameplay. Using a camera, your objective is to take photos of ghosts as you explore a mysterious village in order to bust them. Did it make…

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Ep.182 - Tekken 3 (Sony PlayStation) 38:31

8M ago38:31

38:31

Biff! Bang! Pow! This week, we're re-appraising Tekken 3, this game where a mystic beast gets unleashed and the only way to appease it is to stage a fighting competition. This is one of the big daddies of fighting games yet Chris hated it as a nipper - what will him and Ashley make of it nowadays? Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, lik…

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Ep.181 - Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo GameCube) 55:52

8M ago55:52

55:52

We are capping off this year's Mario and Sonic saga with a relaxed trip down memory lane, on to Memory airport where we will catch a short flight over the Memory ocean and come to land on Isle Delfino, along with all our Mushroom Kingdom pals. Then we'll watch as Mario gets banged up abroad for being a hooligan. I don't know where I'm going with th…

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Ep.180 - Sonic CD (Sega CD) 1:05:07

9M ago1:05:07

1:05:07

We continue our jaunt through Sonic and Mario month 2024 with this game where you play as a blue hedgehog running round collecting rings and that. Time travel and the Mega CD / Sega CD are this game's USPs, and Chris has fond memories of playing the PC re-release in the late 90s. Will this swing Ashley into agreeing that Sonic games are alright, re…

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Ep.179 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC) 37:26

9M ago37:26

37:26

Sonic dies! What more is there to say? The perfect sell. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: htt…

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Ep.178 - Super Mario Wonder (Nintendo Switch) 42:33

9M ago42:33

42:33

To kick-start our annual Sonic and Mario month, Chris takes us back to the heady days of October 2023 (a mere 3 months ago at time of release) to wander through Super Mario Wonder, a 2D Switch platformer that harks back to classic Mario and certainly not all the New Super Mario nonsense. Join us as we talk about Wonder Flowers, boost badges and ele…

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2023 Xmas Special 5 - Best of 2023 1:03:02

10M ago1:03:02

1:03:02

As 2023 draws to a close, Chris and Ashley take a ramshackle look back at their gaming highlights of the year. At least, that was the brief but neither of us followed it. What a shambles. We then discuss what we're looking forward to in 2024 - see you for for Sonic and Mario month in January 2024! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, lik…

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2023 Xmas Special 4 - Gift of the Game 27:29

10M ago27:29

27:29

It's Chrimbo Limbo, that lull between Christmas and New Year. Ashley and Chris are marking the occasion by recommending a game they have each enjoyed this year, which might make a lovely treat for yourself or someone else during the festive period. This year's choices are Vampire Survivors and Dredge - give us a listen to find out why we think they…

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2023 Xmas Special 3 - Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64) 1:02:20

10M ago1:02:20

1:02:20

What is there to say? Conker's Bad Fur Day has made its own reputation and, in 2001 Ashley succumbed to that by putting it on his Christmas list. Alongside American college frat houses, adolescent boys were probably the second-most target for Nintendo and Rare's irreverent team-up, and it certainly went down well with our then-teenage host. But is …

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2023 Xmas Special 2 - New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS) 51:47

10M ago51:47

51:47

Christmas, Chris says, is for doing whatever you want, so he's gone and thrown his own rules out of the window and brought a Mario game for us to play this festive season. Making its first appearance on the Nintendo DS, New Super Mario Bros. became a staple of every Nintendo console lineup for the next 15 years. Chris gifted it for Christmas in 200…

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2023 Xmas Special 1 - Gamers’ Gift Guide 58:34

11M ago58:34

58:34

It's the most wonderful time of the year once more and we are back at it with another feast of fancy gaming-related goodies suitable for any gamer. Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you love, this week's episode is packed full of ideas that will help you spread the festive cheer to that special gamer in your life. If you can squeeze it …

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Ep.177 - Bubble Bobble (Sega Master System) 33:14

11M ago33:14

33:14

Bubbles are back, baby. Everyone's talking about them, not least of all Chris and Ashley who are this week playing the OG bubble blaster, Bubble Bobble on the Sega Master System. It's a game that's got it all: dinosaurs, bubbles, dragons, more bubbles, questionable pickups, and still more bubbles. But is it any good? Listen in and find out! Come jo…

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Ep.176 - Dexter’s Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes (Nintendo Game Boy Advance) 45:48

11M ago45:48

45:48

Cartoon Cartoons make a welcome return this week as Chris and Ashley discuss Dexter's Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes on the Game Boy Advance! There is gloom and doom while things go boom in this isometric puzzle-platformer based on the OG 90s cartoon - listen in to find out what we make of it. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, sh…

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Ep.175 - Burnout Revenge (Sony PlayStation 2) 42:48

11M ago42:48

42:48

Normally, Chris and Ashley only ever gotta go fast when they're hanging about with sketchy blue spiny mammals, but this week, just like Markus Zuckybug instructed, they're using cars to proceed quickly and smash stuff in Burnout Revenge! Like a big boy's version of a kart racer, the player is tasked with forcing other racers off the road, into wall…

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Ep.174 - MediEvil (Sony PlayStation) 55:35

12M ago55:35

55:35

It's Hallowe'en so we're celebrating all things that go bump in the night by visiting MediEvil on what is its 25th anniversary! This 3D platforming-action-hack 'n' slash hybrid was enjoyed by Chris immensely back in the day so join us as we exhume it for a post-mortem. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, re…

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Ep.173 - Cities: Skylines (PC) 1:03:19

12M ago1:03:19

1:03:19

Ahead of the imminent arrival of its sequel, Chris and Ashley are taking another look at Cities: Skylines, a game Ashley has been playing on and off for many years (and first discussed back on episode 19). Will Chris finish up with the city-building bug, or will his dream of a town of one's own go up in flames? Listen in to find out! Come join us o…

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Ep.172 - Constructor (PC) 34:41

1y ago34:41

34:41

Chris shows Ashley Constructor this week, a game that he may or may not have actually played. A man-sim in which you acquire land, build facilities on said land and then build houses to shelter tenants to work in the factories on said land, its 1997 sensibilities seem a little outdated. Listen in as we tuck into Constructor and deduct whether it su…

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Ep.171 - Sea of Stars (Xbox Series X) 56:54

1y ago56:54

56:54

Ashley is once more bucking the system and fighting the power to bring a brand new game to our retro gaming format. Sea of Stars deserves its place as an exception to the general rules of the show, or so Ashley says. Listen along as Chris gets an earful all about just how exceptional Sabotage Studio's gem of a JRPG really is! Come join us on all th…

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Ep.170 - Baldur’s Gate (PC) 53:48

1y ago53:48

53:48

Because of the mad hubbub around the third game in the series, Chris and Ashley venture back to where it all began with the original Baldur's Gate. Standing tall among a litany of D&D computer game adventures, this 1998 classic captured millions of imaginations in its day. But can it do the same for our hosts? And will they find the aforementioned …

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Ep.169 - Syphon Filter (Sony PlayStation) 35:57

1y ago35:57

35:57

Can a game that started with just the name be any good? That's the question we're asking this week as we take a look at Syphon Filter, an action espionage thriller type affair that feels like what you'd get if you smooshed Tom Cruise into a PlayStation. What did we think? Listen in to find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, …

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Ep.168 - Golden Axe (Sega Mega Drive) 44:35

1y ago44:35

44:35

This week, we go medieval in Golden Axe, everyone's favourite 1989 side scrolling fantasy-themed beat 'em up! Join us for a flagon of ale, a ride on a chimera and a battle against some giants - just watch out for those pesky magic-stealing elf creatures on the way. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review…

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Ep.167 - Read, Write & Type (PC) 36:37

1y ago36:37

36:37

If you can't read, write, or type, then Read, Write & Type may be just what you need! Chris and Ashley take on the challenge to play more than ten minutes of what, even by the standards of its day, must surely have been a tedious and uninspired attempt to gamify the art of typing. Why has Chris done this, we hear you ask! Well, listen along and fin…

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Ep.166 - We Love Katamari (Sony PlayStation 2) 45:57

1y ago45:57

45:57

We roll with the punches this week in our first PlayStation 2 title, 2005's We Love Katamari! This game where you control a little guy rolling things up into a ball that gets progressively larger, it got Ashley through the hangover after his eighteenth birthday. Join us as we ramble on about this special time, self-consciously wacky games and a ver…

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Ep.165 - Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Sega Mega Drive) 46:56

1y ago46:56

46:56

If you're looking to beat Nintendo at their own game, they say you can't go too far wrong inviting Mickey Mouse along to help you. That's exactly what happened with the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. It might not have been Mickey's first foray into video games, but it's certainly considered one of his best. To mark the release of Illusion Island this wee…

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Ep.164 - Chibi-Robo (Nintendo GameCube) 39:49

1+ y ago39:49

39:49

In stark contrast to last week's dirt-laden bloodfest, we are taking a look at the cosiest of cosy cleaning games, Chibi-Robo! A proper gem on the Nintendo GameCube, the player stars as the titular robot, tasked with cleaning up the house and straightening out the lives of the Sandersons along the way. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow…

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Ep.163 - Worms (PC) 45:49

1+ y ago45:49

45:49

Who wants Worms? Because we've got plenty this week, and they're the most disposable kind! Yes, Team 17's seminal annelid death simulator is under the microscope and we're digging down deep into what makes this particular patch of dirt tick. Come join us for a cosy, slightly squishy, and very explosive chat! Come join us on all the usual socials - …

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Ep.162 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo Switch) 1:09:55

1+ y ago1:09:55

1:09:55

Link's at it again, but this time, he's got company! And a prosthetic arm. Is it prosthetic? Grafted? Yeah, let's go with that. A posse and a grafted arm. And batteries! Can't forget the batteries. Oh, and the Kinder(TM) Surprise(TM?) capsules full of useful goodies to build a whole fleet of ridiculous contraptions. Is that it? Of course it isn't! …

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Ep.161 - Zork (PC) 46:34

1+ y ago46:34

46:34

We journey way back to 1977 this week to visit Zork, a text-based adventure game that laid the foundations for what the adventure genre evolved into. With nowt but white writing to fuel our imagination, will Zork be a corker or will it make us balk? Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, i…

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Ep.160 - Undertale (All) 1:05:39

1+ y ago1:05:39

1:05:39

Are you looking for the kindest characters in gaming? Well, look no further than Undertale! Despite its pixel art aesthetic and comical chops, this experience manages to offer some of the most well-rounded characters in gaming, along with gameplay that subverts the usual tropes. Come join us for our first forays into the Underground! Come join us o…

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Ep.159 - Noah’s Ark (Nintendo Entertainment System) 41:18

1+ y ago41:18

41:18

A game based on the story of the Old Testament's Noah might not float everybody's boat at first contact but, far from sinking like a stone, Chris and Ashley find a lot in this NES platformer to keep the conversation buoyant. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter You…

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Ep.158 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES / Sony PlayStation) 1:02:03

1+ y ago1:02:03

1:02:03

Chris takes Ashley to the World of Balance this week for Final Fantasy VI, a sprawling sprite-filled SNES sensation that Chris played as a PlayStation port instead of the original. Its steampunk sensibilities and cracking gameplay mean it's incredibly well-regarded by critics and fans alike so we were really buzzed to try it - find out how we got o…

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Ep.157 - Incredible Crash Dummies (Nintendo Entertainment System) 46:27

1+ y ago46:27

46:27

This week, Chris and Ashley hit the wall with Incredible Crash Dummies, a game that was inexplicably part of a much larger cross-media franchise that people were apparently buying enough of to make a game of it. People aren't really talking about it anymore. Find out why on this week's episode! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, …

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Ep.156 - Bloons Tower Defense (PC) 35:08

1+ y ago35:08

35:08

Have you ever wanted to be a horde of monkeys trained to take out any and all balloons that float by using absurdly accurate dart-throwing skills? Haven't we all wanted to be that at some point? Well Bloons Tower Defense lets us all fulfil that very widespread power fantasy, and then some! But how does it rate? Listen in to find out! Come join us o…

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Ep.155 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape (PC) 58:55

1+ y ago58:55

58:55

Ashley has been enjoying Rayman Origins of late, so he takes Chris down memory lane to see the second game in the series - 1999's Rayman 2. A 3D platformer starring the little chap with no limbs, this game was very well received 'pon release. Listen in to see how it holds up! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, r…

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Ep.154 - Disney’s Hercules (Sony PlayStation) 50:30

1+ y ago50:30

50:30

At the same time as he was putting the glad in Gladiator, Disney's Hercules was also attempting to put the play in PlayStation! This week, Chris and Ashley venture back to Ancient Greece to see how well Hercules, Phil, Meg and the rest fare at doing just that! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and …

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Ep.153 - Game and Watch Gallery Advance (Nintendo Game Boy Advance) 1:01:26

1+ y ago1:01:26

1:01:26

We're going back to the roots of a gaming giant this week as we take a look at Game and Watch Gallery Advance on the Game Boy Advance. A celebration of all things Game and Watch, this compilation of both classic and modern takes on the earliest Nintendo games is a feast for anyone interested in the history of gaming. But is it fun too? Join us to f…

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