{"id":17967,"date":"2019-07-15T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=17967"},"modified":"2019-07-25T16:54:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:54:13","slug":"ubisoft-xp-farming-crackdown-starcraft-2-ai-joins-ladder-and-shenmue-3-backer-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/15\/ubisoft-xp-farming-crackdown-starcraft-2-ai-joins-ladder-and-shenmue-3-backer-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft XP farming crackdown, Starcraft 2 AI joins ladder, and Shenmue 3 backer woes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Tx9romPp-s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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