{"id":2374,"date":"2021-06-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/pauls-call-of-duty-brotherly-bond"},"modified":"2021-10-19T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T08:34:02","slug":"pauls-call-of-duty-brotherly-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/pauls-call-of-duty-brotherly-bond","title":{"rendered":"Paul&#8217;s Call of Duty brotherly bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul\u2019s life-changing injury didn\u2019t just devastate his own gaming, it had a big effect on the people he\u2019d enjoyed playing with. 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