FORBES' Kerry Dolan reports on page 74 on his moves to open up his economy even as the gods of war thunder around him.

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The Witcher 2 leaves you on such a ledge, just hanging there, with mystery and war and the thunder of horses hooves beating in your head.

FORBES: 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' Bigger Than Skyrim, 30 Times The Size Of 'The Witcher 2'

The Gulf war's Operation Instant Thunder hit 150 Iraqi targets in the first 24 hours, leaving Saddam Hussein's forces blind and deaf.

FORBES: The Art Of War

Example: The Gulf war's Operation Instant Thunder hit 150 Iraqi targets in the first 24 hours, leaving Saddam Hussein's forces blind and deaf.

FORBES: The Art of War

His summer was capped off by his Oscar-nominated work in Tropic Thunder playing a white actor playing a black actor in a war movie.

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He co-wrote "Tropic Thunder" based on an idea he had in 1987, when many of his friends were making war movies, he recalls in the film's production notes.

CNN: 'Tropic Thunder' pushes envelope and then some

In "Tropic Thunder, " a comedy about self-absorbed Hollywood types making a "Platoon"-style war movie, Downey plays Australian actor Kirk Lazarus, a multiple Oscar-winning performer who gets so involved in his roles that he forgets to come out of them.

CNN: 'Tropic Thunder' pushes envelope and then some