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  "title": "Shoot the core!",
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  "html": "<p>I spent an hour or two this morning relaxing, playing a few classic arcade shoot-'em-ups by way of emulation.  However, the unfortunate side effect of pumping an unlimited stream of quarters into games like <a href=\"http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/ddp2/index.html\">DoDonPachi II</a>, <a href=\"http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/mahou/index.html\">Mahou Daisakusen</a>, <a href=\"http://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/esprade/\">Esprade</a>, and <a href=\"http://dreamcast.ign.com/objects/015/015621.html\">Mars Matrix</a> is that I have perpetual blossoms of blue and pink neon bullet patterns spreading behind my eyelids whenever I blink.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/level5.htm\"><img src=\"http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/images/ddon_16.gif\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left; border: none\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a></p>\n",
  "body": "I spent an hour or two this morning relaxing, playing a few classic arcade shoot-'em-ups by way of emulation.  However, the unfortunate side effect of pumping an unlimited stream of quarters into games like [DoDonPachi II][ddp], [Mahou Daisakusen][md], [Esprade][esp], and [Mars Matrix][mm] is that I have perpetual blossoms of blue and pink neon bullet patterns spreading behind my eyelids whenever I blink.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/level5.htm\"><img src=\"http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/images/ddon_16.gif\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left; border: none\" /></a>\r\n\r\n[ddp]: http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/ddp2/index.html\r\n[md]: http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/mahou/index.html\r\n[esp]: http://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/esprade/\r\n[mm]: http://dreamcast.ign.com/objects/015/015621.html\r\n",
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