{"id":99929,"date":"2024-12-31T15:47:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/?p=99929"},"modified":"2024-12-31T15:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:47:58","slug":"old-year-new-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/31\/old-year-new-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Year, New Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MrBonesPreview-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MrBonesPreview-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MrBonesPreview-1-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MrBonesPreview-1-768x459.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finishing out 2024 with my third and final game of the year, I published <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/portfolio\/i-want-to-get-off-mr-bones-wild-ride\/\">I want to get off MR BONES WILD RIDE<\/a><\/em> today on itch! 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