{"id":173,"date":"2005-08-23T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2005-08-23T12:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=173"},"modified":"2005-08-23T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2005-08-23T12:02:59","slug":"computer-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2005\/08\/23\/computer-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/2005.08.23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-906\" title=\"2005.08.23\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/08\/2005.08.23-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s finally happened. Someone ACTUALLY died from playing <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20050809\/od_nm\/korea_games_dc;_ylt=Ak..us6.dHj12UOXuhMNvLOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-\">too many computer games<\/a>. Of course, this kind of news will not deter me from my gaming&#8230; just as another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/connecticut\/articles\/2005\/08\/17\/riders_flee_bus_fire_on_nyc_run\/\">exploding Fung Wah bus<\/a> will not stop me from riding it next weekend. Speaking of games, I really miss the old days in college sometimes, when my friends and I would stay up &#8217;til 4 in the morning fragging HPB&#8217;s in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quaketerminus.com\/ctf.htm\">CTF Quake<\/a> or slaying acid beasts in the dungeons of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/diablo\/\">Diablo<\/a>. There&#8217;s nothing more satisfying than ganging up on some unwary newbies and blasting them back to the Stone Age (literally, in the case of <a href=\" http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/empires\/\">AOE<\/a>). So last week, I downloaded several new releases including a demo of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/pc\/action\/fear\/index.html?tag=mp_2to9\">F.E.A.R.<\/a>, as well as the best-selling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockstargames.com\/sanandreas\/\">GTA: San Andreas<\/a>, which packs a healthy serving of drive-by&#8217;s and car-jacks. Despite the hilariously stereotypic dialogue, the constant swearing does get a bit overbearing after a while. Combined with the dreaded realization that I&#8217;M now the newbie, I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;ll have to quit the online gaming arena soon and go back to playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leisuresuitlarry.com\">Leisure Suit Larry<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/pc\/adventure\/7thguest\/\">7th Guest<\/a> with Melody. =P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s finally happened. Someone ACTUALLY died from playing too many computer games. Of course, this kind of news will not deter me from my gaming&#8230; just as another exploding Fung Wah bus will not stop me from riding it next &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2005\/08\/23\/computer-gaming\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}