{"id":456285,"date":"2025-11-09T23:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2181027"},"modified":"2025-11-09T23:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:48:41","slug":"2021-in-review-lady-dimitrescu-icon-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2021-in-review-lady-dimitrescu-icon-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 in review: Lady Dimitrescu: Icon of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-in-review-lady-dimitrescu-icon-of-the-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Hello! Over the next few days we&#8217;re going to be going back over some of our favourite games and moments and themes and whatnot from this very strange year. We hope you enjoy looking back with us!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It started with a reveal that had the internet thirsting; it ended with voice actress Maggie Robertson winning best performance at The Game Awards. 2021 was the year of Lady Dimitrescu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-12-14-lady-dimitrescu-icon-of-the-year\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-12-14-lady-dimitrescu-icon-of-the-year\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Over the next few days we&#8217;re going to be going back over some of our favourite games and moments and themes and whatnot from this very strange year. We hope you enjoy looking back with us! It started with a reveal that had the internet thirsting; it ended with voice actress Maggie Robertson winning best performance at The Game Awards. 2021 was the year of Lady Dimitrescu. 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