But more amazing still is the indie developer behind the game: Lima Sky is a mere two-man operation, Igor Pusenjak and his brother.

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This, though, wasn't mere plain speaking from a man who loves to be loathed by those he mocks as "the liberati".

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This was mere pocket money to a man of his tastes.

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Perhaps they see simply an old man, further over the hill than Clint Eastwood (a mere 68, compared with 74-year-old Mr Heston) and with a ridiculously poor toupee.

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