{"id":44346,"date":"2014-08-14T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/platform-wars.html"},"modified":"2014-08-14T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:35:51","slug":"platform-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/platform-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"Platform Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">There are times when I&#39;m really glad I&#39;ve never gotten into console games. \u00a0 \u00a0Actually, there are very few times I wish I&#39;d gotten into them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103748887870095862080'>Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THIS!!1!\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='overflow:hidden;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/itaxzvghX8lJjq6bDV0V15h0mRXxcR6QFnEIJdmtJMRtRjKQ7B4H9rhgD6BNIE9NGvs0pUMJ8daJEq478wdX1bt3iSyRO2h-5MZE6b2hHATv-4sUMFe6hPSR=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.dorkly.com\/post\/66840\/the-truth-about-console-exclusive-games'>The Truth About Third Party Console Exclusive Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/WKVADAz3NBG' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when I&#39;m really glad I&#39;ve never gotten into console games. \u00a0 \u00a0Actually, there are very few times I wish I&#39;d gotten into them. 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