{"id":36834,"date":"2015-10-01T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=36834"},"modified":"2015-10-01T15:15:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:15:21","slug":"nba-2k16-tries-to-do-the-right-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/10\/01\/nba-2k16-tries-to-do-the-right-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA 2K16 tries to do the right thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBA 2K16 launched on the 29th and if you&#8217;re not big into basketball, you may not have noticed. If the Pelicans, Warriors, and Rockets don&#8217;t hold your interest, what chance would 2K Sports&#8217; version of the NBA have at enticing you away from killing enemy soldiers or crafting mines? But maybe you should pay more attention to this. 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