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Why I'm moving to Substack

 It's because I can make my articles show up as more of a list with more shown on the screen at once.

Also, I think it's like... more well-known? I guess? And it lets you subscribe if you wanna have me complain about Fire Emblem weekly directly in your mailbox.

I'll be leaving this up for posterity, but if you wanna check out the actual substack, here you are:

carlthepumpkinman.substack.com

See ya there!

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