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    Imagine World War I with flourishes of Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’ and Katsuhiro Otomo’s ‘Steam Boy.’ Austria-Hungary along with Germany wages war with steampunk super-Mechs, standing 50 feet tall. The British counter with genetically engineered mega-beasts, like a flying sperm whale rigged to carry massive weapons and soldiers.
    SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune 1 month ago

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