{"id":48508,"date":"2022-08-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/uncategorized\/the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:10:50","slug":"the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/features\/the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"The video game mop-up: solution to all of life&#8217;s problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems_62f6353a77a23.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems_62f6353a77a23.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems_62f6353a77a23-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nRecently I have been in one of those periods where no video game will do, where I have chased a game &#8211; a something &#8211; across download libraries and subscription catalogues and a couple of cupboard drawers in vain, a quest across gaming&#8217;s ribcage and shoulder blades for some roaming, ineffable itch that I cannot scratch. I suspect I&#8217;m not alone in this one, though, so if you ever find yourself in the same spot, may I suggest: the mop-up.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-video-game-mop-up-solution-to-all-of-lifes-problems\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video game mop-up: solution to all of life&#8217;s\u00a0problems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":48509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48508"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48511,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48508\/revisions\/48511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itgesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}