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What's up, everybody?

Welcome to IJ&G and GameSoup.

I'm your host, Damon Hadfield.

And this week I'm joined in studio by none another than Pear Schneider.

Damon, I'm right here. I know, we can reach us through Sam and Mark to touch you. Pear recently moved down. Please don't reach through me. Per recently moved down here. I do not consent. Talley from the San Francisco Bay Area, so maybe we'll be seeing much more of him here on this very show in the future. We're also joined by Sam Claiborne.

Hey, it's good to be here on the very long couch between you and Spans. Mid and northern California. Yep. And there's several thin pinball machines that are just right only behind Sam, behind no one else. And then the third seat is Mark Medina. It's also here. Yeah this is this is just I'm there I this is just the TV screen they gave me yep yeah Mark's gonna be in Los Angeles for a little while coming up so maybe yeah but they'll be gone so oh well we're and I will be here that's right that's right yeah games calm okay we're leaving for Germany it'll just be me and Jober on the couch. Well, it's funny, we're leaving for Germany this weekend, but then you're coming into the office to cover something from Germany for us, Mark. Correct. Which is opening night live. Yep. Another Jeff Keely joint. That kicks up the gamescom. Key three. Key. Key three is what they call it. Anyway, got a great show for you this week. I know Sam's been playing a lot of Mafia, the old country, and he's feeling very positive about that. I've been playing a game that's very similar to that. Salamander 3, which I'm also feeling very positive on. Basically the same game. So I think I can break some news for Sam.

There's some news about Atari 50 coming up.

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