{"id":1181,"date":"2008-06-21T21:46:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T01:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2008-06-21T21:46:44","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T01:46:44","slug":"i-love-katamari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/06\/21\/i-love-katamari\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Katamari"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know I’m a bit late, but I finally picked up Katamari Damacy<\/a> for the PS2. And I must say – I know now what all the fuss was about when this game originally came out.<\/p>\n

It is startlingly addictive – and fun in ways I didn’t think games could <\/em>be fun anymore.<\/p>\n

I’ve written before about why I don’t play games as much as I used to<\/a>, but Katamari Damacy is the exception to the rule. It is one hella-fun game!<\/p>\n

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You may not hear from me for a while because of this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know I’m a bit late, but I finally picked up Katamari Damacy for the PS2. And I must say – I know now what all the fuss was about when this game originally came out. It is startlingly addictive – and fun in ways I didn’t think games could be fun anymore. I’ve written… Continue reading I Love Katamari<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[393],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-stuff","category-wallpapers","tag-games","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-j3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1294,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/08\/16\/desktop-madness-vol-41\/","url_meta":{"origin":1181,"position":0},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 41","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The music from \"katamari Damacy\" is addictive, and so are the desktop wallpapers based on it. 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