{"id":1438701,"date":"2025-12-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-christmas-day-edition-hope-i-dont-disgrace-myself"},"modified":"2025-12-25T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:00:00","slug":"what-weve-been-playing-christmas-day-edition-hope-i-dont-disgrace-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-weve-been-playing-christmas-day-edition-hope-i-dont-disgrace-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;ve been playing, Christmas Day edition &#8211; &#8220;hope I don&#8217;t disgrace myself&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/what-weve-been-playing-christmas-day-edition-hope-i-dont-disgrace-myself.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we&#8217;ve been playing. 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