{"id":40,"date":"2012-09-16T14:45:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2024-12-26T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:09:10","slug":"if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today-be-careful-what-you-wish-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"If you go down to the woods today\u2026\u2026..be careful what you wish for."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53\" title=\"teddy\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/teddy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/teddy.jpg 583w, https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/teddy-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may love your teddybear to bits but do you really want him to come to life? John Bennett wished his teddy bear would come to life and his childhood wish came true. Great for a child but not so good when you are an adult.<\/p>\n<p>John\u2019s teddy bear, appropriately named Ted, has been by his side since boyhood and its testing his other friendships, noatably that with Lori, John\u2019s girlfriend of four years.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see the outcome? Then go see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedisreal.com\/\">\u201cTed\u201d<\/a> starring Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett. Ted is voiced by Seth MacFarlane of family guy fame. Seth MacFarlane also wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay, so, as you can guess, this is NOT a children\u2019s movie. There is nudity, profanity, alchol and drug use in this film.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tedcov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54\" title=\"teddy bear's picnic\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tedcov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tedcov.jpg 299w, https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tedcov-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">teddy bear&#8217;s picnic by ITM Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lacking in nudity and profanity, but including reference to drug use, is another Teddy related product. <a href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/\">Teddy Bear\u2019s Picnic<\/a> is a murder mystery game by ITM Games. This is a dinner party murder mystery game for 6 Players.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the 1980\u2032s world of big business and fluffy toys. You are invited to the launch of the new range of products called <a href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/\">\u201cTeddy Bears Picnic\u201d<\/a>. But things in the toy company are not as innocent as they seem.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago Theo Edwards, co-founder of the Edwards toys company died of a drugs overdose. The company was taken over by Chester Toyes, another co-founder. Penny Whistle was the other co-founder of Edwards toys, who remains at the company as a toy designer.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Storey is a journalist sent to cover the launch of the new product range. But what else will he discover about the company founders and the others on the estate such as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Babette Toyes \u2013 Chesters wife.<\/li>\n<li>Kash D Spencer &#8211; the Edwards Toys accountant<\/li>\n<li>Carrie Honor Fair &#8211; Chester\u2019s personal assistant<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Statements &#8211; head of marketing and public relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out you need to play <a href=\"http:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/ted_synop.htm\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Teddy Bear\u2019s Picnic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may love your teddybear to bits but do you really want him to come to life? John Bennett wished his teddy bear would come to life and his childhood wish came true. Great for a child but not so good when you are an adult. 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