You're not imagining it. Video games are harder now.

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I think video games are harder now. By the end of this video, maybe you will too. Let me know if I managed to convince you in the comments.

Music by Leon Chang (@leonchang). Go buy all of his stuff on Bandcamp.

chapters:

02:46 - 1. a capsule history of online gaming
05:47 - 2. a capsule personal history, & Nick Kolcheff (@NICKMERCS)
10:17 - 3. Dan Olson (@FoldingIdeas) + Nathan Landel, pt. 1
12:23 - 4. metagames, pt. 1
16:21 - 5. metagames, pt. 2: video games
19:48 - 6. it's time to talk about fortnite
22:12 - 7. Dan Olson + Nathan Landel, pt. 2
25:04 - 8. fun?
27:54 - credits


sources:

text:
“The History of Online Shooters,” IGN, 2010
https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/07/the-history-of-online-shooters

“Online Gaming,” Encyclopedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/technology/online-gaming

“Home Broadband Adoption 2007,” Pew
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2007/07/03/home-broadband-adoption-2007/

“The Competitor,” The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/22385597/nickmercs-twitch-streaming-mlg-gamebattles-sypherpk

“Metagaming,” University of Minnesota Press
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Metagaming/iCl0DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1



video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlCn1_nH9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Aj3c7D9Jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3jL3V7JCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKP1I7IocYU (Dan + Nathan's video, go watch this!!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5FiAR-S4tc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-6jvniX39w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF0wFNWhJog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeJyRUgPo30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXw6BkZ-gdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqXrVU_9riQ (Merritt's video, go watch this!!!)


Thanks to Olivia Gulin and Jacob Geller.







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