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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Why Am I So Obsessed With Video Games?

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Comedy, Education

4.921.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Fortnite. League of Legends. The Sims. Candy Crush. From playing with your friends as a kid to competing with a team in an esports competition, there’s no denying that video games have a huge influence in our lives and the world around us. Professor Megan Condis and gamer Cybbi Barton join a Fortnite-obsessed Jonathan for a conversation on the immense influence this $217 billion industry has on our culture. Dr. Megan Condis is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Texas Tech University. Her book, “Gaming Masculinity: Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture”, was published by the University of Iowa Press in 2018. Cybbi Barton is the Director of the Esports Competition and Streaming Lab at Texas Tech and is a member of the Queer Women in Esports Organization. You can follow Megan on Twitter @MeganCondis and Cybbi @cybbib Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producers are Chris McClure and Julia Melfi. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from  Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.5

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0:16.8

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dropping the same day as the US on Hey You. You.

0:24.3

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0:25.3

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0:28.3

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0:32.1

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0:46.8

VR, handheld consoles, you name it. You don't need to be an EE customer to use the EE game

0:52.4

store. It's open to every player on any network. They've got

0:56.1

exclusive console bundles to get you gaming for less and you can even spread the costs.

1:00.7

Plus they'll let you trade in your old console for cash. Just search E.E. Game Store to find out more.

1:07.0

Hey curious people, I'm Jonathan Van Ness and welcome to getting curious.

1:16.5

Last year I was mining my own business and one of my really close friends got very

1:21.0

into video games. If you've been listening to the pod for a while,

1:23.6

you may know that I've talked about her a few times and if you have ever come to one of my

1:27.3

shows, I do some stand-up about video games as well. So I think it's because

1:32.2

like once you get obsessed with something then you start

1:33.9

noticing the other news stories about it. So since I become obsessed with Fortnite I just feel like I get more like

1:38.7

articles about gaming on like my Apple News. Then I started hearing more people talking about like I've heard stories about

1:44.0

like I've heard stories about people meeting each other on Fortnite

1:47.1

starting relationships getting married from meeting online like from

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