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                        <p>In 2019, we raised over $3500 for <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/" title="The Trevor Project" target="_blank">The Trevor Project</a> while competing in a 5-way race through surivival-horror classic, Resident Evil 4!</p>
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                        <p>This playlist features many of our most popular highlights from our countless live streams and podcast recordings! Beware, older audio might be... bad.</p>
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