{"id":2819,"date":"2022-05-02T20:53:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternateimage.net\/gaming\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2022-05-02T20:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:53:56","slug":"tarkov-talks-1-the-decline-of-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternateimage.net\/gaming\/2022\/05\/02\/tarkov-talks-1-the-decline-of-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarkov Talks #1 &#8211; The Decline of Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tarkov Talks #1 - &#039;The Decline in Gaming&#039; with TheSix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJNW96GH_vY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarkov talks will (should) be a weekly series that sits somewhere between a podcast and an interview, often featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/thesix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TheSix<\/a>, that happens while we play scavenger runs in Escape from Tarkov. 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