After all, his company, inXile Entertainment, set the record for the largest sum requested with the appeal to fund Wasteland 2, and is now in the final throes of a second multi-million dollar funding run.

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Rather than buy another multi-thousand-dollar home entertainment system to recapture that new quality, I can invest a small sum in upgrading my current system back to mint condition.

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