Don't tell the Republicans. Impressions: A lot like High Card, this is doing a suspiciously decent job of maintaining its mediocrity, though on the lower side. I do have to wonder why they put any effort at all into animating this one-off ash dude, even if it was only four seconds of hopping around. […]
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