{"id":3182,"date":"2010-04-15T06:45:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T10:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2010-04-15T02:06:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T06:06:26","slug":"new-york-invasion-by-8-bit-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/15\/new-york-invasion-by-8-bit-creatures\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Invasion by 8-bit Creatures!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This 2 minute 34 second video is genius!\u00a0 If you remember video games from the 1980s, then this is for you.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve simply got to watch it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"521\" height=\"293\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" 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