I'm sorry. Did you build your city ON TOP of a doomsday monster and expect it to go well? Impressions: Ah, gratuitousness. Seems to be the theme for the day. In this case, purely of the violence nature, though it's not like it really built up the girl being gruesomely ripped apart. Though that […]
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