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+{
+	"translatorID": "f986be20-2870-41ae-be81-3649be4ce4e2",
+	"label": "Hardcore Gamer",
+	"creator": "czar",
+	"target": "^https?://(www\\.)?hardcoregamer\\.com",
+	"minVersion": "3.0",
+	"maxVersion": "",
+	"priority": 100,
+	"inRepository": true,
+	"translatorType": 4,
+	"browserSupport": "gcsibv",
+	"lastUpdated": "2018-07-08 01:13:37"
+}
+
+/*
+	***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
+
+	Copyright © 2018 czar
+	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Czar
+	
+	This file is part of Zotero.
+
+	Zotero is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	Zotero is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with Zotero. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+	***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****
+*/
+
+
+// attr()/text() v2 per https://github.com/zotero/translators/issues/1277
+function attr(docOrElem,selector,attr,index){var elem=index?docOrElem.querySelectorAll(selector).item(index):docOrElem.querySelector(selector);return elem?elem.getAttribute(attr):null;}function text(docOrElem,selector,index){var elem=index?docOrElem.querySelectorAll(selector).item(index):docOrElem.querySelector(selector);return elem?elem.textContent:null;}
+
+
+function detectWeb(doc, url) {
+	if (/\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}\//.test(url)) {
+		return "blogPost";
+	} else if (getSearchResults(doc, true)) {
+		return "multiple";
+	}
+}
+
+
+function scrape(doc, url) {
+	var translator = Zotero.loadTranslator('web');
+	translator.setTranslator('951c027d-74ac-47d4-a107-9c3069ab7b48'); // embedded metadata (EM)
+	translator.setDocument(doc);
+	
+	translator.setHandler('itemDone', function (obj, item) { // corrections to EM
+		item.itemType = "blogPost";
+		item.blogTitle = "Hardcore Gamer";
+		item.title = text(doc,'h1.entry-title');
+		var authorMetadata = text(doc,'a[rel="author"]')
+		if (authorMetadata) { // only found single authors to support
+			item.creators.push(ZU.cleanAuthor(authorMetadata.replace(/\son\s.*/,''), "author"));
+		}
+		item.date = authorMetadata.replace(/.*\son\s/,'');
+		item.complete();
+	});
+
+	translator.getTranslatorObject(function(trans) {
+		trans.doWeb(doc, url);
+	});
+}
+
+
+function getSearchResults(doc, checkOnly) {
+	var items = {};
+	var found = false;
+	var rows = doc.querySelectorAll('h2.slider-excerpt, .featured-image-single, .header-thumb, h1.entry-title');
+	var links = doc.querySelectorAll('h2.slider-excerpt a, .featured-image-single a, .header-thumb a, h1.entry-title a');
+	for (let i=0; i<rows.length; i++) {
+		let href = links[i].href;
+		let title = ZU.trimInternal(rows[i].textContent);
+		if (!href || !title) continue;
+		if (checkOnly) return true;
+		found = true;
+		items[href] = title;
+	}
+	return found ? items : false;
+}
+
+
+function doWeb(doc, url) {
+	switch (detectWeb(doc, url)) {
+		case "multiple":
+			Zotero.selectItems(getSearchResults(doc, false), function (items) {
+				if (!items) {
+					return true;
+				}
+				var articles = [];
+				for (var i in items) {
+					articles.push(i);
+				}
+				ZU.processDocuments(articles, scrape);
+			});
+			break;
+		case "blogPost":
+			scrape(doc, url);
+			break;
+	}
+}
+/** BEGIN TEST CASES **/
+var testCases = [
+	{
+		"type": "web",
+		"url": "https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/02/02/pax-south-want-to-ruin-a-friendship-play-videoball/190827/",
+		"items": [
+			{
+				"itemType": "blogPost",
+				"title": "PAX South: Want to Ruin a Friendship? Play VIDEOBALL",
+				"creators": [
+					{
+						"firstName": "Jason",
+						"lastName": "Bohn",
+						"creatorType": "author"
+					}
+				],
+				"date": "February 2, 2016",
+				"blogTitle": "Hardcore Gamer",
+				"language": "en-US",
+				"shortTitle": "PAX South",
+				"url": "https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/02/02/pax-south-want-to-ruin-a-friendship-play-videoball/190827/",
+				"attachments": [
+					{
+						"title": "Snapshot"
+					}
+				],
+				"tags": [
+					{
+						"tag": "action button"
+					},
+					{
+						"tag": "iron galaxy"
+					},
+					{
+						"tag": "tim rogers"
+					},
+					{
+						"tag": "videoball"
+					}
+				],
+				"notes": [],
+				"seeAlso": []
+			}
+		]
+	},
+	{
+		"type": "web",
+		"url": "https://www.hardcoregamer.com/category/reviews/",
+		"items": "multiple"
+	},
+	{
+		"type": "web",
+		"url": "https://www.hardcoregamer.com/?s=earthbound",
+		"items": "multiple"
+	},
+	{
+		"type": "web",
+		"url": "https://www.hardcoregamer.com/",
+		"items": "multiple"
+	}
+]
+/** END TEST CASES **/