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galleywest200last Wednesday at 11:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Kids were playing a ton of online games before Minecraft.


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bluefirebrandyesterday at 5:21 PM

Yes and no

Up until the 2010s I think it was still a lot less socially normal to play a lot of games. We reached a tipping point somewhere that went from gaming being a sometimes activity for kids to basically every kid plays games

Most of the people in my high school in the 2000s didn't play games as a primary hobby. Only a few of my friends had a PC for games or a console. It wasn't nearly as ubiquitous as it is now.

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