A month ago, Eushully began a countdown which ended with… announcement of a sale for their 25th anniversary. And that's absolutely it. Featuring a blanket for… their April Fool's joke. Nothing else at all. Not on their Twitter feed. Not on their website. But on their Youtube channel, unlinked to in either of those places, […]
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