{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Short # 81 - Sony PlayStation &amp; The Loss of Physical Media","description":"Wherein Justice and Andy preemtively mourn the loss of physical media following Sony's annoucement that PlayStation games will no longer have discs in the next two years. Why are we being pushed exclusively into the digital age? Someone must be benefitting from this. Granted, Steam has been exclusively digital for a generation and many people appreciate that convenience. But when you couple this with the recent publishing announcement to end the mass market paperback, the threat to knowledge preservation seems unaffordable. ","author_name":"Mismatched Texts","author_url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MismatchedTexts","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42369100\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204930795"}