{"id":18776,"date":"2019-11-01T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18776"},"modified":"2019-11-01T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:21:14","slug":"an-indie-and-some-blizzard-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/01\/an-indie-and-some-blizzard-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"An Indie and Some Blizzard Drama"},"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\/9Tib2oh6ucg?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 today&#8217;s EG Daily: Jack shows you a post-apocalyptic isometric RPG and Mitsubishi withdraws from Blizzard sponsorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s EG Daily: Jack shows you a post-apocalyptic isometric RPG and Mitsubishi withdraws from Blizzard sponsorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18777,"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":[134,845],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/maxresdefault-2.jpg?fit=1280%2C720","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18680,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/14\/blizzard-blitzchung-ban-controversy-new-game-chorus-and-the-fortnite-black-hole\/","url_meta":{"origin":18776,"position":0},"title":"Blizzard Blitzchung ban Controversy, New game Chorus, and the Fortnite Black Hole!","author":"DiRT","date":"October 14, 2019","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FqvbFM4O_bY Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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