{"id":18017,"date":"2019-05-06T22:01:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T03:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18017"},"modified":"2019-07-25T22:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T03:02:58","slug":"sega-goes-pc-nintendo-ea-offline-blizzcon-privacy-issues-line-of-sight-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/06\/sega-goes-pc-nintendo-ea-offline-blizzcon-privacy-issues-line-of-sight-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega goes PC, Nintendo, EA Offline, Blizzcon Privacy Issues-Line of Sight 11"},"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\/96N9Aqf4JpI?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>In this week\u2019s Line of Sight Episode #11 we will be discussing Sega Japan and their recent fiscal presentation where they plan to focus more on western markets and PC games, Nintendo Switch bans Indie game \u201cA Dark Room\u201d for containing a code editor Easter Egg, EA Live Services servers go offline for an extended period, and Blizzard is using the AXS ticketing app for Blizzcon 2019 that will collect and sell all of your data to 3rd party corporations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s Line of Sight Episode #11 we will be discussing Sega Japan and their recent fiscal presentation where they plan to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[636,29,31],"tags":[134,644,36,171,187,144],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maxresdefault-8-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18797,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/04\/fallout-76-au-refund-ea-returns-to-steam-and-more-blizzard-controversy\/","url_meta":{"origin":18017,"position":0},"title":"Fallout 76 AU Refund, EA Returns to Steam, and MORE Blizzard Controversy!","author":"DiRT","date":"November 4, 2019","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UfvOFW7yaUM Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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