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Mar 11Liked by Peter Coffin

Great essay. I'm curious, why do you see video games as a test bed for other industries? Is there something about them that makes them especially suitable for this?

I loved your concept of "whales". I think I'm a whale in a GAAS game that I've been playing for about 6 years. I spend about $50 per month on it, which I know is outrageous, but yet it provides a lot of entertainment value for me, and the makers update the game monthly with new stuff. The game has nothing about diversity in it; I just thought the whale concept was interesting.

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