{"id":25185,"date":"2020-12-18T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechafatnick.co.uk\/?p=25185"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T14:22:48","slug":"elf-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2020\/12\/18\/elf-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Elf Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align: center; width: 100%;\" id=\"gameContainer\">\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/embed-upload\/3114832?color=000000\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"500\" style=\"left:10%;\" id=\"gameframe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.itch.io\/elf-run\">Play Elf Run on itch.io<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Press &#8216;1&#8217; to start\/reset the game and spacebar to jump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloody hell it&#8217;s that time of year again isn&#8217;t it? 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