{"id":49969,"date":"2013-01-29T15:40:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=49969"},"modified":"2013-01-29T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T13:42:15","slug":"polokwane-croc-debacle-inspires-game-parody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/49969-polokwane-croc-debacle-inspires-game-parody","title":{"rendered":"Polokwane croc debacle inspires game parody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think that the chaotic (and often comedic) news stories in our little corner of Africa don&#8217;t reach international eyes, you\u2019d be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Popular gaming publication GamesRadar have picked up on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/local\/2013\/01\/24\/15-000-crocodiles-on-the-loose-in-limpopo\" target=\"_blank\">little issue of 15,000 loose crocodiles in Limpopo<\/a>, and crafted together a preview for a new crocodile catching game (which\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0actually exist).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the plucky farm hand at a now croc-less Crocodile Farm, it&#8217;s up to you to bring home 15,000 escaped crocodiles. Working from your base in Polokwane, you must man the phones and listen to reports of croc sightings before taking to your trusty 4&#215;4 and travelling to your destination through accurately mapped African countryside,\u201d describe GamesRadar.<\/p>\n<p>GamesRadar even thought out the Wii U-exclusive features of Polokwane Snap, and also detail their dream of a limited edition.<\/p>\n<p>Well done to GamesRadar, for snapping up one of the best gaming ideas since, well, ever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Polokwane-Snap-Wii-U-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-49970 aligncenter\" title=\"Polokwane Snap Wii U box\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Polokwane-Snap-Wii-U-box-420x600.jpg\" alt=\"Polokwane Snap Wii U box\" width=\"420\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Polokwane-Snap-Wii-U-box-420x600.jpg 420w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Polokwane-Snap-Wii-U-box.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Polokwane-Snap-Wii-U.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49971 aligncenter\" title=\"Polokwane Snap Wii U\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Polokwane-Snap-Wii-U.jpg\" alt=\"Polokwane Snap Wii U\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"www.gamesradar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49958-your-mom-was-wrong.html\">Your mom was wrong!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49948-rockstar-denies-sue-the-s-out-of-me-claim.html\">Rockstar denies \u201csue the s*** out of me\u201d claim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/49936-games-you-can-play-this-week-32.html\">Games you can play this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49877-china-may-lift-13-year-video-game-console-ban.html\">China may lift 13-year video game console ban<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGotta catch \u2018em all\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":49972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8566,8568,8569,8570,8567,8565,5794,2163],"class_list":["post-49969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-crocodile","tag-crocodile-escape","tag-crocodile-farm","tag-gamesradar","tag-limpopo","tag-polokwane-snap","tag-sa-news","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49973,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49969\/revisions\/49973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}