{"id":1686,"date":"2008-05-29T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2008-05-29T02:12:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T07:12:24","slug":"im-expressing-my-discontent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Expressing My Discontent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My face still hurts from the cruel touch of my <a href=\"?p=1683\">dentist&#8217;s dread implements<\/a>.  Spore, Mass Effect, and RSPOD are all coming out encumbered by digital chicanery, and I will have no part in them.  I&#8217;m miserable and angry at the world.  My discontent has caused me to lash out and hurt those closest at hand. This process begins, dear reader, with <b>you<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>My desire to share my pain with the world is so strong that I will now afflict you with the following, an agonizing solicitation for a popular videogame. Behold, the Herald of Woe, the Murderer of Joy. The risible, eyeliner-wearing <em>mockery<\/em> of all that is Rock and Roll.  I give you: The Guy Who Sings About Guitar Hero for the DS:<\/p>\n<p><center><code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\"  codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" id=\"gtembed\" width=\"480\" height=\"392\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.gametrailers.com\/remote_wrap.php?umid=222607\"\/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.gametrailers.com\/remote_wrap.php?umid=222607\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" name=\"gtembed\" align=\"middle\" allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"392\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Play the video! Play it now, and know the meaning of tribulation!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My face still hurts from the cruel touch of my dentist&#8217;s dread implements. Spore, Mass Effect, and RSPOD are all coming out encumbered by digital chicanery, and I will have no part in them. I&#8217;m miserable and angry at the world. My discontent has caused me to lash out and hurt those closest at hand. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dream-cast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}