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I'm David Chen, joining me as always, Patrick Kleppick.

How is it going today, man?

I keep home when I'm going to get the to the end of one of these podcasts and I'll

ascend but not yet keep waiting you let me know let me know when I've made it how many

episodes I have to record with you before I can

ascend? We're not even 1% of the way there unfortunately. But Patrick Kleppick

you just back from Summer Gamefest. How was that man? Basically a plethora of game-related presentations going on. I think in the Los Angeles area is that right?

It was not at the Los Angeles Convention Center where you might think something that might happen, but in a smaller place about a mile down from there.

Yeah, it was a lot of video games.

For me it was more of a social events, you know.

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