{"id":12787,"date":"2024-01-02T10:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/pure-joy-and-fun-readers-favourite-video-games-of-2023\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:37:32","slug":"pure-joy-and-fun-readers-favourite-video-games-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/pure-joy-and-fun-readers-favourite-video-games-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pure joy and fun\u2019: readers\u2019 favourite video games of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From non-stop action in Final Fantasy XVI to a rare find in Starfield, readers share their top picks of the year<\/p>\n<p>Spider-Man 2 was even better than the original. Not knowing who the antagonists were going to be was truly exciting, and that feeling of swooping through the streets of New York City was even more exhilarating! The side missions were full adventures with their own cutscenes and unique objectives. The performers were all superb and the twists and turns of the plot were exciting. <strong>Matt, Castlemaine, Australia <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/dec\/29\/readers-best-games-2023\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/24f32ec8d3f7701358068dea28d0b5837faccc7c\/345_298_3103_1862\/master\/3103.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=04a8075f5324cee56e497555844d3b84\" title=\"\u2018Pure joy and fun\u2019: readers\u2019 favourite video games of 2023\" \/>From non-stop action in Final Fantasy XVI to a rare find in Starfield, readers share their top picks of the year<br \/>\nSpider-Man 2 was even better than the original. Not knowing who the antagonists were going to be was truly exciting, and that feeling of swooping through the streets of New York City was even more exhilarating! The side missions were full adventures with their own cutscenes and unique objectives. The performers were all superb and the twists and turns of the plot were exciting. Matt, Castlemaine, Australia  Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From non-stop action in Final Fantasy XVI to a rare find in Starfield, readers share their top picks of the year Spider-Man 2 was even better than the original. Not knowing who the antagonists were going to be was truly exciting, and that feeling of swooping through the streets of New York City was even &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/pure-joy-and-fun-readers-favourite-video-games-of-2023\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Pure joy and fun\u2019: readers\u2019 favourite video games of 2023<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12787"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}