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Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell.
Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell.
Because I think it's a big shock, when you explained to me how the magazine that we get, some of the photos in there aren't real photographs, they're renders. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell. Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And I've gone through the magazine, I can't tell.
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