Video Games
Bryan: Pioneered by Amazon, WeToil, and Starve.ly games and labor fully merged in 2024, just as the concept of “recreation” was deemed economically non-viable for 99% of the earth’s population. (Coastal flooding has reduced Earth’s population since then, but there remains a strong social prejudice against the idea.) With data entry MMORPGs and package fulfillment fetch quests, Sony, Microsoft, and smaller players could no longer compete, in large part due to the repeal of laws prohibiting 24-hour work shifts.
John: Dig Dug was pretty good though.
