Cool Story: Rise of the Gamers

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Rise of the Gamers

This is the age of the video game. Once consigned to youth and a subset of hardcore enthusiasts, gaming has spent four decades growing and spreading its reach to become a bona fide part of mainstream culture. In the ever-competitive scramble for entertainment dollars—a space once dominated by music and movie sales—video games are dominating. This year’s highest grossing film so far, Jurassic World, netted a little over $208 million at the box office in its opening weekend, the biggest ever. In 2013, Grand Theft Auto V made more than $1 billion in the first three days after the video game’s release.

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