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Indiedev for Zeroth (Action RPG) and Pathos (Traditional Roguelike). linktr.ee/contrarygames

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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey everyone! The Pathos Demo on Steam has been updated with some neat rendering improvements. Check out this post for details: www.reddit.com/r/pathos_net...
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After several frantic months, the Steam Demo of Pathos is now available for you to download and play. I’d love to hear what you think of the updated user interface/art and any suggestions for improvements. store.steampowered.com/app/5136900/...
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Pathos Demo on Steam
Pathos is a turn-based fantasy adventure inspired by retro dungeon crawlers. Experience deep, emergent gameplay with modern graphics, sound and a touch-first interface. Extensively customise your char...
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hail adventurers, sharing some news about the Pathos Steam Edition preview & public demo! www.reddit.com/r/pathos_net...
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From the pathos_nethack community on Reddit: Pathos Steam Edition Preview & Demo News
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Crazy busy recently getting the Pathos demo ready and still managing to have a huge month for Zeroth. Check out the August dev update! store.steampowered.com/news/app/406...
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Zeroth - August 2026 Development Update - Steam News
These are the development highlights from August 2026: Underwater Realm, Fast Recovery, Mountain Shrine, Icy Burrows, Pixel Expo, Games over Qualia, Pathos is coming to Steam.
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Get out your short-shorts, it's a new Zeroth short: www.youtube.com/shorts/zvcsZ...
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The Water’s Fine #arpg #roguelike #indiegames #sandbox #physics
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pathos is coming to Steam! Pathos is a traditional roguelike that has been free to play for over 10 years. Coming soon, an enhanced edition will be available on Steam, finally giving players a way to support its continued development. store.steampowered.com/app/5062560/...
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Pathos on Steam
Pathos is a turn-based fantasy adventure inspired by retro dungeon crawlers. Experience deep, emergent gameplay with modern graphics, sound and a touch-first interface. Extensively customise your char...
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Check out the latest Dev Update from Zeroth, heaps of progress this month! store.steampowered.com/news/app/406...
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Zeroth - July 2026 Development Update - Steam News
These are the development highlights from July 2026: Elites & Artifacts, Goblin Blimps, Throwing Blocks, Gold Imps, Penguins & Penkus, Sleepy Time and Cast into Zeroth.
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We back with a new short! Is this cinematic? youtube.com/shorts/PomIo...
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Cast into Zeroth #action #rpg #arpg #indiegame #comics
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Somehow it's July and the fourth edition and latest dev update is posted. Scroll the end for some photos of team Zeroth exhibiting at Supernova Perth! store.steampowered.com/news/app/406...
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Zeroth - June 2026 Development Update - Steam News
These are the development highlights from June 2026: Elemental Jellies, Community Translations, Simple Trading, Help Index, Steam Achievements and Supernova Perth.
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Into The Grid || Early Access Out Now! @flatlinestudios.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's #PitchYaGame time again! Have you discovered any new gems this time around? 💎 Check out Into The Grid, the cyberpunk deckbuilder and dungeon crawler about hacking evil mega corporations! 🦾 Now with meta-progression! 🤯 Link below 👇
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Julian // Calm Pewter Games @calmpewter.games · 05/06/2026
Show off your brains AND brawn with 1-4 players (+CPU!) in ✨ THE QUIZARD'S DOMAIN ✨ A wild new mix of: 👊💥 Smash Bros platform fighting 😱🗡️ Among Us backstabbery 🧠⁉️ Jackbox shenanigans 🚫🤖 100% non-AI, lovingly crafted by your fellow meatbags! store.steampowered.com/app/3032770/... #PitchYaGame 💜
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Unleash the Giraffe🦒&🦒 @unleashthegiraffe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Draft a party that shouldn't work. Then save the world anyway. Seer's Gambit is a tactical roguelite built on unlikely hero synergies. 🧙 Explore Emalon 🗺️ Turn victories into upgrades ⬆️ Unlock new heroes & buffs for your next run 🔓 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/2219450 #PitchYaGame
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Stephen, purveyor of Super Spelling Ducks @skylegames.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It’s #PitchYaGame time! SUPER SPELLING DUCKS 🦆 push letters around islands with cute ducks 💎 quack to explode words into gems 🎲 10+ game modes, some chilled, some manic - one roguelike? 👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼 play with and against your friends ⭐️ “the Overcooked of word games” WISHLIST on Steam #indiegame #indiedev
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Wayne Made A Game @waynemadeagame.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Buy Happiness is a deck building life-sim about amassing obscene wealth. Events and minigames take the place of enemy turns but most of the action happens in the shop, so you'll sculpt your deck while you play it! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4271350/... #PitchYaGame
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Anxious Noob @anxiousnoob.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Tower Defense mixed with Creature Collecting Chaos: Bean Beasts! Available on Steam and Switch. store.steampowered.com/app/2631450/... #PitchYaGame
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Bean Beasts on Steam
Defeat monster hordes alongside your Bean Beasts in this cute, challenging Tower Defense Game! Evolve your companions, explore upgrade paths for traps and take on epic boss battles!
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Zeroth is a challenging action RPG with physics-based traps, deadly liquids and noxious gases. Play in real-time or turnbased. Smash things, take your chances with unidentified items and fight to escape the 0th circle of Haell. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4062680/... #PitchYaGame
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Check out the May Dev Update for Zeroth! Somehow, this is the third edition thanks to the inexorable march of time, (unless you're playing in turn-based mode :) store.steampowered.com/news/app/406...
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Zeroth - May 2026 Development Update - Steam News
These are the development highlights from May 2026: Equipping Companions, Turn-based Mode, Witches & Crows, Tree Destruction, Dungeon Towers, Merchant Houses and Mine Shafts.
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Announced Zeroth on /r/rpg_gamers! Just a little belated :) www.reddit.com/r/rpg_gamers...
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From the rpg_gamers community on Reddit: Announcing Zeroth - Welcome to the 0th circle of Haell - Action RPG
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This barbarian goes from bat to worse in the latest Zeroth shortdocumentary. youtube.com/shorts/4zab-...
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From Bat to Worse #roguelike #indiegame #platformer #witch #batman
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I've just posted about the new turn-based mode on /r/roguelikes! www.reddit.com/r/roguelikes...
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From the roguelikes community on Reddit: Turn-based mode in Zeroth
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Showcasing the new Turn-based Mode where Zeroth automatically pauses to give you all the time you need to rifle through your inventory and hopefully, avoid yet another stupid death. youtu.be/lxZxxh5FyWw
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Zeroth - Introducing Turn-based Mode
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Get chopped with this latest Zeroth short just dropped: youtube.com/shorts/n46FT...
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Yet another catastrophe #platformer #roguelike #indiegame #sword #animated
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Hey everyone - check out my post about Zeroth on /r/games (Indie Sunday)! www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...
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From the Games community on Reddit: Zeroth - Contrary Games - A Comically Dangerous, Physics-Based Roguelike
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
April Dev Summary for Zeroth is published now! store.steampowered.com/news/app/406...
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Zeroth - April 2026 Development Update - Steam News
These are the development highlights from April 2026: Local co-op, Djinnis, Mimes, Nagas, Liquid Animation, 100+ Hints and 200+ Icons.
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Careful what you wish for when dealing with diabolical genies. youtube.com/shorts/WsQCB...
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Make a wish #platformer #roguelike #indiegame #genie #wish
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Meet the latest entity to be sent to the 0th circle of Haell. The Mime. Moves only when you do and annoys you when you don’t. youtube.com/shorts/zkAtD...
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Silent and violent #platformer #roguelike #indiegame #mime #clown
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Zeroth dev summary from March 2026 is published now - read it here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/406...
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Zeroth - Steam News Hub
Updates, events, and news from the developers of Zeroth.
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We've made a Zeroth video to show off the brand new split screen, local co-op! Let us know what you think? youtu.be/JS5NwOStg1Y
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Split-screen, local co-op!
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It isn’t a true roguelike without boulders and they’ve just been added to Zeroth! youtube.com/shorts/ENMch...
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Bolder with boulders #platformer #roguelike #indiegame #boulder #funny
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What lies below the ancient pyramids, only in Zeroth. youtube.com/shorts/LZisp...
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Feral tomb raider #platformer #roguelike #indiegame #pyramid #tombraider
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WA Games Industry Council @wagic.org.au · 19/03/2026
Congratulations to WA Game Developers as we cross over 100 WA Games curated on Steam. See this awesome West Aussie Games page, curated by Rin store.steampowered.com/curator/4534… Any WA developer who wants to be included, please send us an email: contact@wagic.org.au
Over 100 western australian made games on steam
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amy louise doherty👻📷 @amyloudoherty.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
what's in the water over there?? so many amazing games! I hear the devs are so resourceful and good looking!
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amy louise doherty👻📷 @amyloudoherty.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If you enjoy spooky games where: 📸 your camera can reveal hidden secrets and ghosts 👻 you encounter different spirits 🔦 you explore a creepy bedroom that twists into a labyrinth 😎 play PC or in VR! Check out our freshly released game GHOST CAM!! store.steampowered.com/app/2121930/... #indiegames
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Save 10% on GHOST CAM on Steam
Your camera sees what your eyes cannot. Explore eerie liminal spaces, capture spirits before they capture you, and unravel a haunting mystery. But beware—the deeper you go, the more the world distorts...
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s getting weirder so choose your panties carefully. Only in Zeroth. youtube.com/shorts/gRIXi...
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Choose your panties #roguelike #platformer #indiegame #panties #choice
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Welcome to Zeroth! Now featuring illusory walls (and floors), spike traps, animated gravestones, and invisible enemies! #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Interested to learn more about how we use vector graphics at runtime in Zeroth's art pipeline? Check out this short explainer from Callan that covers how characters are composed and animated, with some technical specifics as well! www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c... #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
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From the IndieDev community on Reddit
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Our Steam page is live now! Welcome to Zeroth, a post-life roguelike adventure where you guide fallen adventurers through the 0th circle of Haell to find closure. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/4062680/... New trailer: youtu.be/nVJ7-g5xjzs #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #indiegame
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Zeroth - Official Trailer
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Respect the golem safety handbook for new adventurers - only in Zeroth youtube.com/shorts/X4PIF...
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Golem safety handbook #platformer #games #indiegame #golem #ranger
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Guide fallen heroes through a post-life adventure in the absurd and ever-changing 0th circle of Haell. Exploit the sandbox physics and experiment with mysterious treasure to postpone your inevitable death. Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4062680/... #TeaseYaGame #indiedev #gamedev
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Our Steam page is live now! Welcome to Zeroth, a post-life roguelike adventure where you guide fallen adventurers through the 0th circle of Haell to find closure. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/4062680/... New trailer: youtu.be/nVJ7-g5xjzs #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #indiegame
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Zeroth - Official Trailer
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Even dead players are out to wreck your run with our latest feature in Zeroth. youtube.com/shorts/BCMd2...
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Spiteful player zombies #indiedev #platformer #roguelike #zombie #player
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Knight finds out what works for zombies may not apply to ghouls youtube.com/shorts/_mfEa...
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Lessons with Zombies #indiedev #platformer #roguelike #zombie #ghoul
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The priest is laying bones to rest in our latest short youtube.com/shorts/TCEh0...
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Grave mistake #indiedev #platformer #roguelike #skeleton #grave
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kyleanderror13 @kyleanderror13.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I'm live now, playtesting my unreleased 2D roguelike platformer, Zeroth! twitch.tv/kyleanderror13 #indiedev #gamedev
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Playtesting my unreleased 2D roguelike platformer, Zeroth | !zeroth !feedback !playtest [#443]
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A very short tale about a heavily armoured knight and a chest trap youtube.com/shorts/_j215...
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Naked and hopeless #indiedev #platformer #roguelike #demon #trap
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Looking for a roguelike platformer with physics simulation and deep mechanics? Learn the rules of Zeroth through hilarious deaths and guide your heroes as they seek to escape the 0th circle of Haell. Coming to Steam. Follow us at linktr.ee/contrarygames. #TeaseYaGame #indiedev #gamedev
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Zeroth - Teaser Trailer 2025
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 09/12/2025
Signs of Danger by @slow-rush.bsky.social is an online & couch co-op physics-sandbox roguelite where game-breaking synergies, deadly chain reactions, and accidental friendly fire are all guaranteed! Watch the announcement trailer:
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Signs of Danger | Announcement Trailer | Frosty Mini 2025
Featured in Frosty Mini 2025! Watch the full showcase here: Steam: TBA Find more games made in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand on our Steam event page here:…
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Future Labs Festival ☑️ It was a great experience for us to be part of this local community initiative and get another opportunity to show off Zeroth! Major thing we learned: kids love playing with the character customisation options! 😀
Picture of a child playing Zeroth at the Future Labs Festival while one of the development team helps guide their play. Another child watches on.Picture of Zeroth lead developers Callan and Kyle standing behind the Zeroth display booth at Future Labs Festival.
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Contrary Games @contrarygames.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
In a couple of hours, we'll be exhibiting Zeroth at Future Labs Festival. If you're in the Perth area, come say hi and check us out! www.swan.wa.gov.au/explore-and-...
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City of Swan - Futures Lab Festival - 10 Year Anniversary
Come celebrate 10 years of coding, robotics and virtual reality.
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Video Nightz @videonightz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
#PitchYaGame This is Video Nightz! It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.
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