# The real-world influence of video gamecults

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Noah Raford
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_raford_the_real_world_influence_of_video_gamecults)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

If you think social media is powerful, keep an eye on immersive video games, says futurist Noah Raford. As more and more people are drawn into gaming and virtual worlds, the communities they forge are spawning real-world social movements. Raford urges us to recognize what's really going on with these emerging "gamecults" -- and then harness those forces to build the future we want.

## Lectures

1. [The real-world influence of video gamecults](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/noah_raford_the_real_world_influence_of_video_gamecults/52b8056981e6), 15 min (TED's player)