{"id":17,"date":"2018-11-19T19:50:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/ggjournal\/home\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T19:33:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/ggjournal\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c258012 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c258012\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7110a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7110a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d06c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"06d06c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h1 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">What makes video games all that great anyway?<\/h1><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Join me each week and I'll show you! Games aren't just fun distractions- they have unique stories to tell!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264a57d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-recent-posts\" data-id=\"264a57d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-recent-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<h5>Most Recent Posts<\/h5><nav aria-label=\"Most Recent Posts\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/ggjournal\/doom-eternal-final-words\/\">DOOM Eternal &amp; Final Words<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">May 6, 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/ggjournal\/lisa-the-painful-ive-got-the-joy\/\">LISA: The Painful: I&#8217;ve Got the Joy&#8230;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">April 28, 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