Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode", a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.

In this episode, Shannon Liao and Gene Park invite Matthew Ball, Managing Partner of EpyllionCo, to discusses the metaverse, the next evolution of the Internet that's gaining steam in Silicon Valley and gaming giant Epic Games.

The Post's Gene Park interviewed CEO Tim Sweeney to get his take on how the metaverse can truly take off. Read that story here: washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/09/28/epic-fortnite-metaverse-facebook

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0:00 waiting room
1:08 introducing Matthew Ball
2:35 Gene's metaverse story
7:41 Second Life game
9:26 metaverse misconceptions
20:00 when will the metaverse arrive?
28:28 what will it look like?
41:22 potential monopolies
48:03 closing thoughts
57:00 news roundup
1:03:34 Squid Game/Roblox
1:06:28 Genshin Impact anniversary
1:23:49 Chinese game restrictions
1:29:21 New World mounts
1:39:13 Neopets and NFTs
1:48:56 closing