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I haven’t used IDA on a game in a long while and this is next level effort. Bravo.",{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"40967179","skrebbel","Wow this is such an entertaining read, hats off! I love how it kept switching me between “wait the westwood people did what?” and “wait you patched it with what?”?",{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"40957848","metadat","Great article, wish I could go out for a night on the town with the author, I feel like they're pretty darn fun and intelligent. The cute expandable explanations are just the…",{"value":86,"source":50,"evidence":87},"Nostalgia for the game and its soundtrack",[88,92],{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"40959028","evanjrowley","I loved this game very much. Best soundtrack of any Westwood Studios game. So glad it's still playable.",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"40962237","safety1st","The soundtrack for this game was badass, particularly the Harkonnen section. Easily one of Westwood's best. 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