{"id":7193,"date":"2013-01-09T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2013-01-09T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T21:06:08","slug":"its-bug-hunting-season-with-earth-defense-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=7193","title":{"rendered":"Its Bug Hunting Season with Earth Defense Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7195\" alt=\"EDF2025_Retiarius\" src=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/EDF2025_Retiarius-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" \/><br \/>\nGrab your boots&#8230;it&#8217;s alien bug\u00a0squishin\u00a0time!!!<\/p>\n<p>If you have never heard of <strong><em>Earth Defense Force<\/em><\/strong> you need to get out of your gaming shallowness and check out this arcadey mayhem.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Earth Defense Force 2025 - Trailer 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1j4V-PpU2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Earth Defense Force 2025 looks to be coming out later this year in the states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grab your boots&#8230;it&#8217;s alien bug\u00a0squishin\u00a0time!!! 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