206 The Most Popular Game on Earth Was Made By a Teenager in 3 Days (and You've Probably Never Heard of It)
Plus: Better cloud streaming on your Steam Deck
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Show Notes
The most popular video game in the world this week isn't Fortnite or Minecraft. In fact, you've probably never heard of it.
But 9 million people were playing it concurrently. For context, Steam had 11.5 million concurrent players across ALL GAMES that same day.
So, WTF is going on with "Grow a Garden," a game inside Roblox that a teenager whipped up in 3 days?
Also: Cloud streaming just got slightly better on your Steam Deck, and Colette sends an update from the front lines of Expedition 33.
Articles discussed in this episode:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/a-roblox-farming-game-made-by-a-teenager-in-like-three-days-had-8-9-million-players-online-at-the-same-time-steam-peaked-at-11-5-million-across-all-games-on-the-same-day/
https://overkill.wtf/native-geforce-now-app/
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