{"id":45416,"date":"2011-06-24T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=45416"},"modified":"2011-06-24T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:17:32","slug":"gamer-to-travel-7-days-cross-country-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/06\/24\/45416-gamer-to-travel-7-days-cross-country-in-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamer to travel 7 days cross-country … in a box"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Winda Benedetti<\/strong> writes: I’m having a hard time deciding whether this is performance art … or just a really elaborate way to get to spend a whole lot of time playing your favorite video game. It seems artist Jordan Wayne Long of Arkansas has decided to ship himself across the country in a crate during which time he will have contact with the outside world only through a game. That game: “Lord of the Rings Online.”<\/p>\n

Long, who says this experience is all part of a study about how people cope with post traumatic stress disorder, expects the trip \u2014 from Bald Knob, Ark., to Portland, Ore. \u2014 to take seven days. His friend Bradi Roberts will be driving his container \u2014 which he’s been building himself \u2014 on the back of a flatbed trailer. More..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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