{"id":155959,"date":"2023-09-11T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/?p=155959"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:27:18","slug":"a-good-map-is-hard-to-find-slightly-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/a-good-map-is-hard-to-find-slightly-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Map Is Hard to Find &#8211; Slightly Something Else"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mnmd-responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Good Map is Hard to Find | Slightly Something Else\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7c-atT4Yn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4yybmGCdAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This week<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/category\/slightly-something-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slightly Something Else<\/a> podcast, Yahtzee and Marty discuss what makes a good video game map, and how certain games bring unique ideas to the cartography table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":155960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[7808,33566,10,13134],"tags":[13133,52660],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":155,"display_name":"Marty Sliva","user_login":"m.silva","user_nicename":"m-silva"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.7) - 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