{"id":18488,"date":"2019-09-03T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18488"},"modified":"2019-09-03T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:14:17","slug":"starbound-employee-exploitation-nba-2k20-gambling-and-ea-dice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/03\/starbound-employee-exploitation-nba-2k20-gambling-and-ea-dice\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbound Employee Exploitation, NBA 2K20 Gambling, and EA DICE!"},"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\/w5p6DWV5-wQ?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! For this week we have Chucklefish Games, the developers of the popular game Starbound have been accused of exploiting free labor for their game, PEGI defends the recent NBA 2K20 advertisement that showcases actual gambling mechanics within the game, and EA\u2019s DICE reflect on Star Wars Battlefront 2 and how they \u201chit rock bottom\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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