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\- The U.S. Department of Agriculture starts a multi-decade project to do something about them, including planting foliage like European beach grass to stabilize the ground.

\- In 1957 one Frank Herbert traveled to Florence, Oregon to write an article about the project and its efficacy.

\- Frank Herbert is inspired by the strange dunes and unique sand, and the human struggle to contain it, - and writes Dune.

\- Dune becomes perhaps the most popular science fiction book of all time.

\- Westwood Studios decides to make a strategy game based on the book in 1992.

\- Later that same year, they release a sequel, Dune II, that would define the RTS genre for years to come.

\- At another game studio you may have heard of, Blizzard, everyone and their mother cant get enough of Dune II

\- They are inspired to make a fantasy version of the game, and so the first Warcraft RTS was born.

\- The most successful of these, Warcraft III, released in 2002, and contained a revolutionary editor that players could use to create their own maps and scenarios.

\- Iterative processes create more and more novel game modes, until a convergence of a few different ideas (and some talented modders) produces "Defense of the Ancients", arguably the first MOBA game ever made.

\- Some of the people who helped shape and maintain Defense of the Ancients in WC3 create their own Company, "Riot Games" to make their own, standalone MOBA game.

\- In 2009, Riot games releases "League of legends"

\- The game explodes in popularity a few years later, and their success allows them to expand their company and create even more content for the game.

\- Due to LOLs massive success, Riot games decides to create other content featuring the characters from the League of legends.

\- In 2021, Arcane released to Netflix, and has kept the highest rated audience score of any show on Netflix ever.

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