{"id":20800,"date":"2020-09-23T09:16:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20800"},"modified":"2020-10-03T11:46:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T16:46:32","slug":"video-game-losers-2020-12-the-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/23\/video-game-losers-2020-12-the-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Losers 2020 &#8211; 12: The Messenger"},"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\/XFYBgreiaYA?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>GAMER has a new favorite game, but DiRT is not convinced. Join them as they discuss The Messenger, plus Microsoft buys ZeniMax, Sony&#8217;s Biggest Gaming Blunder?, and why didn&#8217;t Skylanders act more like toys?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/PCNGroup\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/PCNGroup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And check out GAMER&#8217;s channels!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pdbuddy\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pdbuddy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitch.tv\/fourthegamers\">https:\/\/twitch.tv\/fourthegamers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAMER has a new favorite game, but DiRT is not convinced. Join them as they discuss The Messenger, plus Microsoft buys ZeniMax, Sony&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20819,"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":[29,31,30],"tags":[1333,1478,1126,1369,1371,1473,1472,1479,1370,1326,1176,1127,1335,1178,155,103],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/VGL-2020-12-2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20560,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/24\/video-game-losers-episode-2020-7-evercade\/","url_meta":{"origin":20800,"position":0},"title":"Video Game Losers Episode 2020 &#8211; 7: Evercade!","author":"DiRT","date":"June 24, 2020","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LUN7l7QziYY The Evercade is here, but is it worth the high price of cartridges? 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