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All right, so now let's get to our show.

Wired.com presents The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Bar Curly.

Hello, it's welcome to episode 481 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is David L. Craddock.

He's the author of the fantasy novel's Heritage and Firebug, and he's also written

over a dozen books about video games, including beneath the starless sky, about the making

of Baldur's Gate, and stairweights at Badass, about the making of Doom 2016.

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