{"author_link":"\/users\/naca","author_name":"Naca","author_uid":"naca","comments":[],"epoch":1586340155,"event":"LD46","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":182232,"likes":27,"metadata":{"p_key":"138019","p_author":"Naca","p_authorkey":"1000250","p_urlkey":"354317","p_title":"Video games are a form of expression","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD46","p_time":"1586340155","p_likes":"27","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000250","us_name":"Naca","us_username":"naca","event_start":"1587081600","event_key":"77","event_name":"Ludum Dare 46"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD46","removed_author":false},"_superparent":176557,"_trust":2,"author":250,"body":"Friendly reminder that video games are a form of expression for many of us. I know many games are set in fictional worlds and they help us escape from reality, but many others are also a way to share our feelings and tell stories about our lives and personal experience.\n\nIn this context of pandemic crisis, it's totally understandable that we see lots of theme suggestions that talk about viruses and quarantine. And for sure we'll see lots of entries about these topics no matter what the final theme is.\n\nSo please stop raging against covid-19 related themes and :pray:PLEASE:pray: do not flag them as if they were offensive. If we flag every theme we dislike, the flag button becomes meaningless.\n\nAfter all, most games are a mixture of fiction, reality and various abstractions, so nobody's forced to make a literal interpretation of the theme.\n\nThat said, it's true that there are many shitty (and duplicated) themes, but it's our task to find the hidden gems between them.\n\nHave a great jam! Cheers! :purple_heart: ","comments":21,"comments-timestamp":"2020-04-09T18:41:37Z","created":"2020-04-07T17:52:23Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":182232,"love":27,"love-timestamp":"2020-04-08T22:35:35Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-04-09T18:41:37Z","name":"Video games are a form of expression","node-timestamp":"2020-04-08T10:02:35Z","parent":182160,"parents":[1,5,9,176557,182160],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/crab-it-alive\/video-games-are-a-form-of-expression","published":"2020-04-08T10:02:35Z","scope":"public","slug":"video-games-are-a-form-of-expression","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":541577},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"182232","n_urlkey":"354317","n_parent":"182160","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/crab-it-alive\/video-games-are-a-form-of-expression","n_slug":"video-games-are-a-form-of-expres","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"250","n_created":"1586281943","n_modified":"1586457697","n_version":"541577","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/crab-it-alive\/video-games-are-a-form-of-expression","text":"Friendly reminder that video games are a form of expression for many of us. I know many games are set in fictional worlds and they help us escape from reality, but many others are also a way to share our feelings and tell stories about our lives and personal experience.\n\nIn this context of pandemic crisis, it's totally understandable that we see lots of theme suggestions that talk about viruses and quarantine. And for sure we'll see lots of entries about these topics no matter what the final theme is.\n\nSo please stop raging against covid-19 related themes and :pray:PLEASE:pray: do not flag them as if they were offensive. If we flag every theme we dislike, the flag button becomes meaningless.\n\nAfter all, most games are a mixture of fiction, reality and various abstractions, so nobody's forced to make a literal interpretation of the theme.\n\nThat said, it's true that there are many shitty (and duplicated) themes, but it's our task to find the hidden gems between them.\n\nHave a great jam! Cheers! :purple_heart: ","title":"Video games are a form of expression","wayback_source":[]}