{"id":5964,"date":"2021-11-21T22:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=5964"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:40:44","slug":"metpoh-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=5964","title":{"rendered":"Metpoh!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"5972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=5972\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg?fit=566%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"566,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;MP210 series&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1243365781&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Metron_cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg?fit=566%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg?resize=566%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5972\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=5972\" class=\"wp-image-5972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg?w=566&amp;ssl=1 566w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/Metron_cover.jpg?resize=318%2C270&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"5966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=5966\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/download.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/download.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2021\/11\/download.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5966\" class=\"wp-image-5966\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Metron (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0)\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0)\" target=\"_blank\">\u041c\u0415\u0422\u0420\u041e\u041d<\/a>) is a\u00a0full motion video\u00a0adventure game made in 2004 by a Russian &#8216;garage game developer&#8217; Korban Laser Games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in Korenevo, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Polina, the protagonist, finds herself investigating a series of murders committed by the evil Metron and trying to avoid becoming a victim herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game was made extremely cheaply. The actors all basically teenagers, obvious ketchup as fake blood, and some pretty funny and inventive &#8216;special effects&#8217;. The story itself&#8230;well&#8230;it sure reads like teenage sci-fi fan fiction. It was never exported overseas or translated to any other language &#8211; a relatively common situation for lower-tier Russian game developers before the GFC and\u00a0Steam. Nevertheless, it has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/VideoGame\/Metron\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/VideoGame\/Metron\" target=\"_blank\">become a popular title <\/a>for Russian &#8220;Let&#8217;s players&#8221; due to how infamously corny it is, and videos of it can be easily found on\u00a0YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metron (\u041c\u0415\u0422\u0420\u041e\u041d) is a\u00a0full motion video\u00a0adventure game made in 2004 by a Russian &#8216;garage game developer&#8217; Korban Laser Games. Set in Korenevo, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Polina, the protagonist, finds herself investigating a series of murders committed by the evil Metron and trying to avoid becoming a victim herself. The game was made extremely cheaply. The actors all basically teenagers, obvious ketchup as fake blood, and some pretty funny and inventive &#8216;special effects&#8217;. The story itself&#8230;well&#8230;it sure reads like teenage sci-fi&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=5964\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-1yc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5964"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5976,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5964\/revisions\/5976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}