{"id":1817,"date":"2023-06-27T15:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/front_page\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T11:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T11:55:51","slug":"front_page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-quotes-1-2-1024x139.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-quotes-1-2-1024x139.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-quotes-1-2-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-quotes-1-2-150x20.png 150w, https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-quotes-1-2-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/www.steve-ince.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Header-quotes-1-2.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">The next phase of Steve&#8217;s writing and art<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having announced his retirement from the video games industry, Steve is not going to be giving up his creativity.  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