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Hello! U.K. Worst teeth, better accents. Hello, hello, and indeed, a hoi-hoi, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to episode 340

nizzle, a nine, thrizzle, four zizzle, nine isle of BIBUK.

What now?

I've decided to be street this week because, surprise mechanics, that's going to be the phrase for this week.

I've decided, and that shall become abundantly clear for reasons that are best known because they're reasons.

Anyway, I'm joined by Tim. Say hello.

Hello. How are you doing? All right, sir. Yourself? Yes. I am adequate. And another man who's

adequate, it's Coleman. Hello. Hi. Hi. How are you? I've never felt so adequate in my life.

I, too, am a solid six and a half out of ten, I have to say today. Oh man, that's an amazing game at IGN. I know, right. Yeah, so that's another quiet week and news we just had. Yeah. Although there was one or two things. Well, there was one thing. An EA was kind of involved. Yes. I'm not really surprised. Well, I'm not surprised.

Well, that is the word that there's your name because surprise mechanics.

Surprise.

Surprise.

So, loot boxes, it turns out, are not loot boxes.

Nope.

They are surprise mechanics. They are the mechanics that surprise mechanics.

They are the mechanics that generate and serve up the surprise,

which your lizard brain so deeply covets.

Dan, I'm aware of the term surprise mechanics.

It's one we used to use in IT for a bug that you can't get rid of. It's not a

bug. It's a surprise mechanic. Or a feature. Yeah, or surprise feature as well. That's a good one.

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