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We’re All Gamers Now, Thanks to Coronavirus

Virtual Reality

Americans in record numbers are revving up Nintendo Switches, XBoxs, and Discord chats in an effort to combat the boredom and quiet that coronavirus home-incarceration has brought.

Alaina Demopoulos
Alaina Demopoulos
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Alaina Demopoulos

Alaina Demopoulos

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