Game Reviews, eSports, and  Current Events

Episode 115: Game of the Week: South Park Stick of Truth

With both of them just getting back from business trips that delayed one of their more expected reviews, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decide to cover a classic from the last generation console, South Park: The Stick of Truth...CONTINUE

Episode 114: NA LCS Recap Spring Split Week 4

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover all of the games that happened this past week in the LCS as well as their thoughts on how Broxah could save Team Liquid...CONTINUE

Episode 113: Gaming News of the Week (February 26, 2020)

The Sweet Geek Nick returns to the podcast and joins Tyler in covering a major Persona 5 change, more on the Coronavirus harming the gaming world, Google Stadia’s newest feature, the Borderlands movie, and everything we learned from the Nintendo Direct on Animal Crossing...CONTINUE

 Episode 112: Game of Week Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Tyler is still joined by Kevin as our other Sweet Geek Nick is away. With rumors running wild around the possibility of a Viking style game coming to the series, the duo thought it would be a great idea to talk about the most recent game in the long-standing Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey...CONTINUE

 Episode 111: NA LCS Recap Spring Split Week 3

The Sweet Geek Tyler still has his friend Kevin with him while Nick is away. The duo review the games and results for Week 3 of the LCS Spring Split 2020 and add a couple new segments to the show...CONTINUE

 Episode 110: Gaming News  of the Week (February 20, 2020)

With one of our regular Sweet Geeks out this week, Tyler has his friend Kevin join him again. This week, they talk about BioWare confirming the Anthem, Activision Blizzard pulls games from GeForce Now, Sony’s patent for an AI tool, info on Project A, all companies going to E3 2020, and the manufacturing cost for the PS5...CONTINUE

 Episode 109: Game of Week Super Mario Odyssey 

With delays in highly expected game of the week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decide to cover a game that made the game of the decade list, Super Mario Odyssey...CONTINUE

 Episode 108: NA LCS Recap Spring Split Week 2

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover all of the games that happened during LCS Spring Split Week 2, what champions have been seeing a lot of play, and what patch 10.2 meta will be like...CONTINUE

 Episode 107: Gaming News of the Week (February 13, 2020)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Blizzard changing their refund policy for Warcraft 3, Microsoft on who they think is the real competition, Platinum Games starting a Kickstarter, Coronavirus affecting the gaming world, and Ubisoft confirming five AAA titles...CONTINUE

 Episode 106: Game of the Week Dark Souls

With Nioh 2 release closing in, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it be a great idea to cover the game that Nioh draws a lot of inspiration from, Dark Souls...CONTINUE

 Episode 105: NA LCS Recap Spring Split Week 1

In the official return of the LCS, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler discuss how they will be conducting the LCS recap for this split, what the new team’s rosters are, and cover all the games that happened in week one...CONTINUE

 Episode 104: Gaming News of the Week (February 6, 2020)

On this week’s episode of Gaming News of the Week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the price points for the different versions of Pokemon Home, Nioh 2’s story trailer, the Switch and Nintendo’s sales, the disappointment that is Warcraft 3 Reforged, and Overwatch’s new Hero Pool system...CONTINUE

 Episode 103: Game of the Week Ratchet and Clank (PS2)

​With both of them having a huge backlog of games, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought they would talk about the PS2 classic game, Ratchet and Clank...CONTINUE

Episode  102: Gaming News of the Week (January 30, 2020)

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Ubisoft getting a familiar face, another game delay, the Witcher getting an animated movie, Esports coming to high schools, Fortnite’s strange partnership, and Apex Legends season 4 news...CONTINUE

 Episode 101: Game of the Week God of War

With the game of the decade special behind us, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought they would cover a top contender for game of the decade, God of War for the PS4...CONTINUE

 Episode 100:   Gaming News Of The Week (January 19, 2020)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler get into the Series X on having exclusive games, Ninja getting a Fortnite skin, more characters being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, multiple games being delayed, and a major company skipping E3 again...CONTINUE

 Episode 99: Game of Week: SuperMarioWorld  (January 12th, 2020)

​With both of our Sweet Geeks having a massive backlog on games that they need to play, Nick and Tyler thought it be great to cover an instant classic of a game, the SNES Super Mario World...CONTINUE

 Episode 98: Gaming News of the Week (January 12th,2020)

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler discuss Platinum Games plans for 2020, a streamer raising money for the Australian Wildfire, more news on the new Batman Game, and all the information shared in the first Pokémon Direct of 2020...CONTINUE

 Episode 97: Game of the Week Control  (January 5th,2020)

With the Game of the Year and Decade behind us, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler move back into the regularly scheduled program of the Game of the Week. This week, they go into one of the best games released in 2019, Control...CONTINUE

 Episode 96: Gaming News of the Week  (January 5th,2020)

Nick rejoins Tyler this week to bring back the original Sweet Geeks. The Sweet Geeks talk about the Uncharted movie, possible new Deadpool movie, DICE LA getting a new director, another PlayStation controller patent, and the possible GPU and Memory specs for the next gen consoles...CONTINUE

 Episode 95: Game of the Decade Special  (December 29th,2019)

Since we are coming to the end of a decade, the Sweet Geek Tyler has Kevin Bui rejoin him to give their top 10 games of the last decade...CONTINUE

 Episode 94: Christmas/ New Years Special   (December 29th,2019)

This week, the Sweet Geek Tyler has his friend and special guest Kevin Bui to go over The Witcher Netflix series, Ubisoft cancelling a game, Google Stadia’s first studio acquisition, what they got for Christmas, and all the games slated for a 2020 release...CONTINUE

 Episode 93: Game of the Year Special   (December 22nd,2019)

This week, the Sweet Geek Tyler has his good friend Logan sit in to go over their top 5 games that came out in the year 2019. Note: These are only games that they have played, if a game that you like is missing from the list, chances are they didn’t play it yet...CONTINUE

 Episode 92: Gaming News of the Week  (December 22nd,2019)

This week, the Sweet Geek Tyler has his good friend Logan sit in to go over our gaming news of the week, including all the other games announced at the Game Awards 2019 that we didn’t cover last week (Weird West, Skyrim Expansion, Ghost of Tsushima, Godfall) and the legal actions Nintendo is taking against our hero....CONTINUE

 Episode 91: Game of the Week:  Skyrim  (December 15th,2019)

With their own personal Game of the Year and Game of the Decade award to be held in the coming weeks, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about a major contender for Game of the Decade, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim...CONTINUE

 Episode 90: Gaming News of the Week (December 15th,2019)

 With the Game Awards 2019 done and behind us, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about some of the games that were announced, the announcement of the Xbox Series X, and the winners of each category for this year’s Game Awards....CONTINUE

 Episode 89: Game of the Week  Luigi's Mansion (December 8th,2019)

 This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Baby Yoda, a new MMORPG called Temtem, the conclusion of the Riot lawsuit, Kojima on if he would do Death Stranding 2, and the Game Awards 2019 categories and nominations....CONTINUE

 Episode 88: Gaming News of the Week (December 8th,2019)

 This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Baby Yoda, a new MMORPG called Temtem, the conclusion of the Riot lawsuit, Kojima on if he would do Death Stranding 2, and the Game Awards 2019 categories and nominations....CONTINUE

 Episode 87: Game of the Week  LoZ: Breath of the Wild (December 1st, 2019)

 The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler bring back their friend Stephanie to talk about the one of, if not the best, Nintendo Switch game ever made, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild​....CONTINUE

 Episode 86: Gaming News of the Week (December 1st,2019)

 With there being no news to talk about this week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler invite their friend and third ever special guest, Stephanie, to the show to talk about all of the Black Friday deals that flooded the gaming world, what deals stood out to them the most, and what deals the took part in.
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 Episode 85: Game of the Week Sword & Shield (November 24th,2019)

The wait is over everyone. The most anticipated and controversial Pokémon game is finally out! The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler give you their full thoughts on the newest addition to the Pokémon series, Pokémon Sword and Shield...CONTINUE

 Episode 83: League of Legends - The Finals (November 17th, 2019)

This is it everyone. A years’ worth of League of Legends has all led up to this moment. The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler will be covering the Worlds Finals match between FunPlus Phoenix and G2 Esports...CONTINUE

 Episode 82: Game of the Week: Pokemon Emerald(November 17th, 2019)

With Pokémon Sword and Shield just having been released and our Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler still playing through them, the duo thought it would be a cool idea to cover one of the best Pokémon games ever made, Pokémon Emerald...CONTINUE

 Episode 81:  Gaming News of the Week  (November  17th,2019)

.This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Obsidian’s newest game, Donton’s newest game, Call of Duty helping out veterans, the release of Disney +, and the redesign of Sonic for his new movie.
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 Episode 80:  League of Legends  Worlds  Recap   (November  10th,2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler go over the League of Legends World’s Semi Finals games between SK Telecom T1 vs G2 Esports and FunPlus Phoenix vs Invictus Gaming...CONTINUE

Episode 79: Game of the Week : Let's Go Eevee (November  10th,2019)

With Pokémon Sword and Shield coming out in a few days, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it would be a great idea to cover the only Pokémon games on the Switch, Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu...CONTINUE

Episode 78: Gaming News of the Week (November  10th,2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler discuss all of the Pokémon Sword and Shield leaks (and there’s a lot of them) and all of the information covered at Blizzcon 2019....Gaming News of the Week November 10th, 2019CONTINUE

Episode 77: LOL  Worlds Recap Group & Q Finals(November  3rd,2019)

With being away for a couple of weeks, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler get caught back up on the League of Legends World Championships. For this episode, they will be covering the group stages and the quarter finals....CONTINUE

Episode 76:  Game of the Week GTA V (November  3rd, 2019)

DISCLAIMER: MATURE LANGUAGE AHEAD. With having some more downtime before some major releases, as well as wanting to be cheap and wait for Christmas to get new games, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the classic game that is Grand Theft Auto V....CONTINUE

Episode 75:  Gaming News  of the Week (November  3rd, 2019)

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about more news on the Marvel Avengers game, multiple game delays, Fallout 76’s new subscription service, and the worst wrestling game ever made...CONTINUE

Episode 74:   Game of the Week Metal Gear Solid V (October 27, 2019)

With not much to talk about this week and still playing on games they would like to talk about, the Sweet Geeks, Nick and Tyler decide to talk about a classic game from a few years back, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain...​CONTINUE 

Episode 73:   Gaming News of the Week (October 27, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the new information on the Google Stadia, the Okami teaser, the Analogue Pocket, everything we know about the new Batman movie, and their thoughts on the Joker movie...​CONTINUE 

Episode 72:   Game of the Week Legend of Zelda (October 20, 2019)

.This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decide to talk about one of the more recent games that came out this year, Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening...​CONTINUE 

Episode 71:   Gaming News of the Week (October 20, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler discuss the “Blizzard” issue, Riot Gaming’s thoughts on the issue, Riot Gaming’s 10-year anniversary announcements, Fortnite Chapter 2, and Chonky Pikachu...CONTINUE 

Episode 70:   League of Legends  World Recap (October 9, 2019)

We’ve made it! League of Legends 2019 worlds has begun this past week with the Play Ins. Listen as the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover each game from the Play Ins and who will be moving on to group stages...​CONTINUE 

Episode 69: Game of the Week Borderlands 3 (October 9, 2019) 

 With both Nick and Tyler not being able to shut up about the game before, during and after its release, the duo thought it was about time to review the long-awaited game, Borderlands 3...CONTINUE 

Episode 68: Gaming News of the Week (October 9, 2019) 

 This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler will be discussing the 24-hour Pokémon live stream, the Avengers video game, Rocket League on replacing loot boxes, Borderlands 3 10-year anniversary event, and PlayStation 5 news...​CONTINUE

Episode 67: Game of the Week Pokémon Platinum     (October 2, 2019)

After doing this for half a year now, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it was about time to cover a Pokémon Game. For the game they chose, the decided to go with one of their favorites...CONTINUE 

Episode 66: Gaming News of the Week (October 2, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk the consistent Pokémon news we keep receiving, more news on The Last of Us Part 2, Nintendo’s Class Action Lawsuit, Shawn Layden and Atsushi...CONTINUE

Episode 65: Game of the Week  Kingdom Hearts 3 (September 25, 2019)

With the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler currently playing a highly requested game for game of the week, they thought it would be a great idea to review another popular game that will be getting a...CONTINUE​

Episode 64: Gaming News of the Week (September 25, 2019)    

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about a new Pokemon revealed, Minecraft’s newest addition, Sony helping to fight Climate Change, the possibility of a new Batman Game, and...CONTINUE

Episode 63: Game of the Week  Mario Kart: Double Dash (Sept 18, 2019)

With both of the Sweet Geeks currently playing through a newer game that they want to finish before they cover, Nick and Tyler thought it would be a great idea to cover a classic game in Mario Kart: ...CONTINUE

Episode 62:  ​ Gaming News of the Week   ​  (Sept 18, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Nintendo’s “New Experience,” Pokémon Masters, Read Dead Online news, Celeste, and Modern Warfare’s Road to Launch Details...CONTINUE

Episode 61: Game of the Week Batman Arkham Knight    (Sept 11, 2019)

After covering the first game that’s free this month for PlayStation Plus members last week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decided to cover the other free game for PlayStation Plus members...CONTINUE

Episode 60: NA LCS - The Gauntlet Recap

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover all three series between in the NA LCS Gauntlet and talk about how they feel about the teams that will be representing North America at Worlds this ...CONTINUE

Episode 59: Gaming News of the Week   (September 11, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the Nintendo Switch getting NES and SNES games, a Shiny Charizard, the Nintendo Direct from last week, and more news on Spiderman...CONTINUE

Episode 58: Game of the Week Darksiders 3   (September 4, 2019)

With PS Plus free games for September starting a few days ago, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it would be a great idea to talk about one of those amazing free games, Darksiders 3.​..CONTINUE

Episode 57: Gaming News  of the Week   (September 4, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Valve taking on EU Antitrust Charges, Blizzard’s lawsuit over Glorious Saga, the “Revival” of Telltale Games, Borderlands 3’s end game...CONTINUE

Episode 56: Game of the Week Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

With a new character just being added to the game and another on its way, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it would be a great idea to cover one of their favorite games...CONTINUE

Episode 55: NA LCS Finals Recap

We have finally made it! After 9 weeks of regular play, quarter finals, and semifinals, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover the third place game between Counter Logic Gaming and Clutch Gaming and...CONTINUE

Episode 54: Gaming News of the Week (August 28, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover World of Warcraft Classic’s launch, the Uncharted movie, the lawsuit with Riot Games, Mortal Kombat 11’s Kombat Pack, and everything we know on...CONTINUE

Episode 53:  Game of the Week Dragon Ball Fighter Z

With the newest batch of DLC characters announced and with a new game in the near future, The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it would be a great idea to cover the last Dragon Ball Z game...CONTINUE

Episode 52:  NA LCS Semi Finals Recap

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler recap and review the semi final games between Cloud 9 and Counter Logic gaming and the games between Team Liquid and Clutch Gaming...CONTINUE

Episode 51: Gaming News of the Week (August   21, 2019)

This week The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about The Witcher 3, Anthem losing Ben Irving, Dead Island 2 on it’s third developer, Death Stranding news, and the possibility of Spiderman...CONTINUE

Episode 50: Game of the Week Devil May Cry 5

With there being no real new games to cover or go back to in history, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decided that it be a cool idea to cover a game they recently have played, Devil May Cry 5...CONTINUE

Episode 49:  NA LCS Quarter Finals Recap

With the normal games in the Summer Split done and over with, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover the quarterfinal games between TSM and CG and C9 and CLG.​...CONTINUE

Episode  48: Gaming News of the Week (August 14, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler discuss a bomb threat at Bandai Namco, Minecraft’s 4K graphics pack, Fortnite world champion being swatted, everything we know of Call of Duty...CONTINUE

Episode 47: Game of the Week  Destiny 2 (August 7, 2019)

With the newest expansion set to come out, The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it would be a
great idea to go into the world of Destiny 2.​...CONTINUE

Episode 46: NA LCS Week 9 Recap

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover the final week in the regular Summer Split for LCS.​...CONTINUE

Episode 45: Gaming News of the Week (August 7, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about GameStop firing of regional managers, the new
Under Night In-Birth game, Riot games’ new game, No Man’s Sky’s newest update, Ninja’s...CONTINUE

Episode 44:   Game of the Week Sekiro (July 31, 2019)

With Elden Ring getting announced back during E3, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it would be a great idea to cover the most recent From Software game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice..​...CONTINUE

Episode 43:   NA LCS Weeks 7 & 8 Recap

After having a week intermission, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler are back covering both Week 7 and Week 8 of the NA LCS.​...CONTINUE

Episode 42: Gaming News of the Week    (July 31, 2019)

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the Pokémon/Tencent partnership, Doom Eternal:
Battle Mode, the “new” Nintendo Switch, GameStop creating a new store...CONTINUE

Episode 41: Game of the Week  Overwatch

With the NA LCS Recap overtaking This Week in Soloque, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it be a
great idea to cover one of the biggest esports games, Overwatch....CONTINUE

Episode 40: Gaming News of the Week (July 24, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the new information on Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Gears 5 not having tobacco in the game, Watch Dogs Legion going to fans...CONTINUE

Episode 39: Game of the Week  Red Dead Redemption 2 Online

With Read Dead Redemption 2 being one of the most popular games of 2018 and it’s online being released a while back, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler thought it be a great idea to...CONTINUE

Episode 38: NA LCS Week 6 Recap

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover week 6 in the NA LCS. We are getting closer to the end of the season and every single game matters....CONTINUE

Episode 37: Gaming News of the Week (July 18, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler go into all of the new Pokémon confirmed so far for Sword and Shield, Final Fantasy VII remake not coming to Xbox, the new Mortal Kombat movie...CONTINUE

Episode 36: Behind the Controller with Game Designer Scott Shaw

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler sit down with their former teacher and game designer, Scott Shaw, to talk about how he became a designer and his advice for people who would like to become one...CONTINUE

Episode 35:      Game of the  Week:   Apex Legends

With its newest season coming out recently, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decide to review one of the
fastest rising games of the year, Apex Legends....CONTINUE

Episode 34:   NA LCS Week 5 Recap

After Rift Rivals has come and gone, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler review week 5’s games of the North
American League of Legends Championship Series....CONTINUE

Episode 33:      Gaming News of the Week  (July 11, 2019)

With the news slowly dying down since E3, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler look into smaller topics such
as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s new DLC, Once Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 announcement, Sony...CONTINUE

Episode 32:      Game of the  Week:   Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

With the announcement of the newest Call of Duty, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler decide to revisit one
of the best Call of Duty games of all time, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.​..CONTINUE

Episode 31:      NA LCS Recap (Rift Rivals Edition)

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler review Rift Rivals 2019. This episode will cover all three days
between the LCS and LEC, covering all 2v2 games, fun games, and normal games....CONTINUE

Episode 30:      Gaming News of the  Week   (July 4, 2019)

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the Witcher Netflix Series, Overwatch to kill of
GOATS, the new One Punch Man Game, Sony on the acquisition of studios...CONTINUE

Episode 29:      Game of the  Week: World of Warcraft

This week the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about one of the longest running games today, World of Warcraft....CONTINUE

Episode 28:   NA LCS Week 4 Recap

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler recap the NA LCS Week 4 Games, discussing the match ups and how the teams are performing....CONTINUE

Episode 27:   Gaming News of the Week (June 26, 2019)

After having a major amount of news since the fallout of E3, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler go into some more specific news, covering topics such as Elden Ring, Anthem, Valve’s newest Game...CONTINUE

Episode 26:   Behind the Controller with Cake Assault

In this first episode of Behind the Controller, Tyler Bendel and Nick Guistiniano kick it back with Cake Assault who has been making a name for himself especially in Super Smash Bros....CONTINUE

Episode 25: Game of the Week: Forza 4 (June 19, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about Forza 4, discussing the new Lego DLC that has come out for the game....CONTINUE

Episode 24: NA LCS Recap Week 3

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler recap the NA LCS Week 3 Games, discussing the match ups and how the meta has been forming....CONTINUE

Episode 23: Gaming News of the Week (June 19, 2019)

This week, the Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler talk about the rest of E3. They will cover Nintendo’s E3 conference, Square Enix conference, Ubisoft conference, and the new Google Stadia....CONTINUE

Episode 22: Game of the Week: Borderlands 2 (June 13, 2019)

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler pick Borderlands 2 as this week’s game of the week. With a new DLC being released for it this past Sunday and with Borderlands 3 being one of....CONTINUE

Episode 21: NA LCS Week 2 Recap

The Sweet Geeks Nick and Tyler cover the NA LCS week 2 games, discussing interesting picks, game of the days, and standings.....CONTINUE
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