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May 21, 2024 34 mins

During the What’s Odyssey Podcast’s season one break, Joshua looked to his Instagram followers to get one fan-suggested episode topic. Of all of them, “gaming addiction” was both the most suggested and the most responsive suggestion. So he looked into them. Video games are among the largest parts of world culture, but that may not be. a good thing for everyone. Joshua takes the controls and looks at the multiple opinions surrounding gaming in the last regular episode of the What’s Odyssey Podcast’s first season.


The Grasp of Gaming additional resources:

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Guinness World Record for most YouTube subscribers goes to … a weird Swedish bro you’ve probably never heard of - The Washington Post

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Minecraft crosses 300 million copies sold as it prepares to celebrate its 15th anniversary | Windows Central

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The bestselling video games of all time | Digital Trends

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The Best-Selling Video Game of Each Year, Starting From 1995: LIST

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Should Kids Play Video Games? 10 Strategies for Safer Gaming

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GTA 6 Characters Guide: Main Protagonists, Leaks and more

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Video gaming audiences in the United States - Statistics & Facts | Statista

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61% of Americans, or 190.6M people, play video games | ESA | VentureBeat

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Smartphone 'addiction': Young people 'panicky' when denied mobiles

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