The real-world influence of video gamecults

Name: The real-world influence of video gamecults
Uploaded: 2022-10-18T14:57:07Z
Duration: 14 min 5 s
Description: If you think social media is powerful, keep an eye on immersive video games, says futurist Noah Raford. As more and more people are drawn into gaming and virtual worlds, the communities they forge are spawning real-world social movements. Raford urges us to recognize what's really going on with these emerging "gamecults" -- and then harness those forces to build the future we want.

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Noah Raford |

TED2022

• April 2022

If you think social media is powerful, keep an eye on immersive video games, says futurist Noah Raford. As more and more people are drawn into gaming and virtual worlds, the communities they forge are spawning real-world social movements. Raford urges us to recognize what's really going on with these emerging "gamecults" -- and then harness those forces to build the future we want.