{"id":19883,"date":"2021-03-10T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=19883"},"modified":"2021-03-10T19:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:21:22","slug":"the-players-club-podcast-ep-51-anthem-and-other-mediocre-games-that-had-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=19883","title":{"rendered":"The Player&#8217;s Club Podcast Ep 51: Anthem and Other Mediocre Games that Had Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-attachment-id=\"19887\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=19887\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Players-Club-Ep-51\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?fit=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?resize=1080%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?resize=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Players-Club-Ep-51.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s up, Playa?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the death of Anthem Next being confirmed,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ejsponge61\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmett Watkins Jr<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAllanMuir\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allan Muir<\/a>&nbsp;decided to reminisce on other mediocre games that had some great potential and ideas despite their flaws. 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