Barely
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- A programme made up purely of barely-connected segments with little or nothing in the way of links and no on-screen presenters- just a voiceover on the footage.
Source: Voiceover Clip Show -
Two of them in Bastion; they're minor and barely relevant to the plot, aside from spawning a couple of purely cosmetic pets in the Bastion, which will prompt some remarks from your companions.
Source: Egg MacGuffin - Paying a very hefty price for attacking a land they barely knew, Red Oni, America lost the conflict purely from lack of knowledge of the land and jumping into battle against very cunning opposition.
Source: Red Oni Blue Oni / Real Life
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