Episode 1116: Video Game Contributor, Henrick The WrecK
JUST TALKING
Video Game Contributor, Henrik The WrecK join’s JUST TALKING to discuss in-game advert banners, video game subscriptions, Former Facebook now “Meta” pushing Meta-Verse real estate Stores --- do you know how much housing costs in California? Are we fed up with video games turned into movies or movies turned into video games — which one are you going to watch or play? Who’s your “Video Game Crush Character”, survey says it’s Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft with a her big ol’ triangle tities. Let’s all be honest, we’ve all pretended to play sick just to get out of going to school, so we could stay at home to play more games — what was that game? Work, taxes, covid, subscriptions…. Reality sucks. If you could live in a video game world — what and where would that be? There are so many cool worlds out there but the reality is you’re probably going to die or be a peasant. Video Games are just as emotional as movies and television and maybe even more so due to the immersive interactive context; the question is, what video game has made you cry lately — would you sacrifice your game file to help others? Video game popularity surged during the pandemic, American’s spent 64 billion in video game entertainment. Then industry keeps growing, making games for every type of person; older, younger, casual gaming, role-playing, shooters, etc., “if you look for it, you’ll find something.” It’s estimated that mobile, console and PC games players will spend upwards of 58k on video game entertainment over a lifetime — which begs the question “How much money is left for OnlyFriends.com
