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Today I have a topic, though.

There is actually something that I want to talk to you about.

Structure.

I know.

I just want to be clear as well with the audience.

We have addressed the cushion privately before the call.

I'm not just unaware of the cushion.

We know the cushion's there.

But the rest of you, it's great.

Not any of business.

Nobody asks questions.

It's Troy.

I did see a movie last night, but I was like, if I, and I definitely want to talk to you both about it, but if I open with that, it'll end up being a whole podcast episode about some movie that came out forever to go.

And we just did The Expans. Okay, this is a video game show.

I wanted to talk about, this is from Rock Paper Shotgun.

Ballastgate 3, publishing director, says, almost all games should cost more at a base level,

because they cost so much to make.

I have no doubt that we have spoken about cost of video games prior on an episode of, you know, one of the 400 years that we've been making this show.

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