How The Pandemic Revolutionized The Gaming Industry

A look back at the last years of gaming. How the pandemic transformed the way we play and why the gaming industry won big while we were locked down.
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[@WTP_DAVE]

When you showed someone playing League of Legends holding a CONTROLLER

[@SFBSpartan]

There's a video of a man playing league with bananas. Are you surprised

[@TerrenceAtkinson]

Lmaooooo

[@NevTheDeranged]

The whole "is this pandemic depression or just my regular depression" conversation is a daily ritual at this point. Of course, it's almost certainly the latter exacerbated by the former.

[@doctor_puppy]

I'm cheering GIta on through this whole ao3 tangent 🥳

[@slavomirsebesta5491]

real world is limited by how much money you have,game world only by your fantasy

[@Progressive.G]

Gaming forever ‼️❤️💯🤘🔥

[@dirtyfrench2926]

The whole 'went back to old games" thing checks out. I played the original Everquest through that year after a 15 year hiatus from the game. Got 3 toons from lvl 1 to lvl 115 including 1 I fully raid geared lol.

[@ryanmalin]

Vrchat definitely helped out during the pandemic and to this day.

[@saturnino315]

As someone who is having to quarantine right now this show has been awesome.

[@josephineschellenberger4249]

Vr Chat helped me to, here in germany :)

[@rattenkollektiv]

Damn the conversation has shifted a lot since 2020 hasn't it? A lot of powerful people just stopped caring after a while... great encapsulation of the worries of that year here

[@juanzero5398]

Please please please grow your hair as high as you can stand to? It's wicked 😉🧐

[@juanzero5398]

I can't wait till the next time I get to unhealthily binge game again. For some things it can be a healthy tool.

[@craneology]

Quarantine is not "still" going on. The lie is over. The money has moved.

[@ryanmalin]

Have you heard of China?

[@melelconquistador]

@@ryanmalin Yes, but this video is not china centric. It's focus is clearly American. The pandemic response in America was largely economically motivated by those that successfully lobbied for how it went down over others.