{
  "asof": "2026-09-06 14:12:49.278043+00:00",
  "topic_patterns": {
    "build": "\\b(?:builds?|theorycraft\\w*|synerg\\w*|skill tree|passive tree|classes|class bonuses|team comp\\w*)\\b",
    "execution": "\\b(?:controls?|steer\\w*|turning|turn radius|movement|dodg\\w*|maneuv\\w*|manoeuv\\w*)\\b",
    "presentation": "\\b(?:music|soundtrack|audio|sound|visuals?|graphics|aestheti\\w*|juice|juicy)\\b",
    "repeat": "\\b(?:replay\\w*|repetiti\\w*|repetitive|endless|grind\\w*|variety|longevity)\\b",
    "author": "\\b(?:a327ex|bytepath|snkrx|rad codex|voidspire|alvora|horizon.s gate|azalea|kingsvein|zachtronic\\w*|zach[- ]?like|previous games?|other games?|same dev\\w*|fan of)\\b"
  },
  "history": "Counts of currently returned Steam-purchase reviews created before an event date. Deleted/hidden/filtered-out reviews cannot be reconstructed. Current vote and current text can have been edited.",
  "timing": "Source release clock reported only if oldest surviving purchase review is within -2 to +14 days of source date; otherwise a first-observed-review clock is a separate diagnostic, not a replacement launch date.",
  "selection": "Five purposive catalogs plus one authorship comparison. Primary pair/age comparisons retain 24 currently paid games and the Steam-purchase channel. Three currently free Desert Fox games are separate context with all acquisition channels; their Steam-purchase count can be zero despite other reviews. Not Steam-wide probabilities or causal impact of a quiet release.",
  "own_pilot": "50 uniformly sampled English Steam-purchase reviews per game. Numerical vote and playtime hidden from the manual coding packet; text can reveal sentiment. Single-reader descriptive coding.",
  "own_pilot_sha256": "9c91c06a42ba8c27972e2ba2c61bb267aca597b6b384baf4bd8ec634052ace91"
}