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somewhere."},{"startTime":3326.714,"endTime":3328.264,"body":"At least as a play tester."},{"startTime":3328.884,"endTime":3331.614,"body":"So look out for the Hard Light Dynamic."},{"startTime":3332.189,"endTime":3334.129,"body":"What about your zine"},{"startTime":3334.279,"endTime":3336.659,"body":"As you so eloquently put"},{"startTime":3334.279,"endTime":3336.659,"body":"my, you mean my book?"},{"startTime":3336.66,"endTime":3344.269,"body":"It was originally supposed to be a zine."},{"startTime":3344.299,"endTime":3344.589,"body":"Okay."},{"startTime":3344.879,"endTime":3349.269,"body":"Anyway, uh, beyond deep, um,"},{"startTime":3344.879,"endTime":3349.269,"body":"it's a Mork Borg adventure."},{"startTime":3349.339,"endTime":3353.679,"body":"If you like old gods of Appalachia,"},{"startTime":3349.339,"endTime":3353.679,"body":"which is a horror anthology podcast"},{"startTime":3353.719,"endTime":3355.859,"body":"that heavily inspired beyond 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