{"id":5144,"date":"2025-12-02T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:52:18","slug":"decembug_newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/decembug_newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Decembug Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>FASHION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xrafstar-shop.fourthwall.com\">New apparel<\/a> presented by me and the talented <a href=\"https:\/\/vichblen.carrd.co\">Vich<\/a>, two stunning designs available in t-shirt and crop top.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/026e5d56-636d-45a4-b624-801c37eca631-1-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/026e5d56-636d-45a4-b624-801c37eca631-1-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/026e5d56-636d-45a4-b624-801c37eca631-1-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/026e5d56-636d-45a4-b624-801c37eca631-1-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/026e5d56-636d-45a4-b624-801c37eca631-1-600x800.webp 600w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/026e5d56-636d-45a4-b624-801c37eca631-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd-813x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd-813x1024.png 813w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd-768x967.png 768w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd-1220x1536.png 1220w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd-600x755.png 600w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sfdsfd.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Much thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krabatdog\">Krabat<\/a> for feedback on the layout!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The smoking shirt is actually art from a &#8220;cute&#8221; little scene in the game&#8230;which brings me to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2726<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">GAME UPDATES<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-2048x1158.png 2048w, https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lady-dirt-600x339.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faces of Corruption\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JWJ12bsr4Bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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I&#8217;m honored and&#8230;delighted!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good &#8220;word games&#8221; are rare, but I played an early version of the game and it&#8217;s very enjoyable! Clever play, snappy UI, some banger songs, and an originality that stands out against the sterile aesthetic of its peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2726<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>SURGERY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a few weeks, unless THWARTED&#8230;I will go under the knife. I have never had surgery before, but there is no alternative. I hope dearly to see everyone on the other side. There is so much to be said&#8230;maybe I will think of the words to say it. But until then&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FASHION New apparel presented by me and the talented Vich, two stunning designs available in t-shirt and crop top. Much thanks to Krabat for feedback on the layout! The smoking shirt is actually art from a &#8220;cute&#8221; little scene in the game&#8230;which brings me to&#8230; \u2726 GAME UPDATES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,55,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merch","category-meta","category-xrafstar-killers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5144"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5224,"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144\/revisions\/5224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrafstar.monster\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}