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Collected Item: “How online gaming has become a social lifeline”

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How online gaming has become a social lifeline

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Article

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Gamers have known for a long time something that everyone else is starting to figure out: there’s community connection on the other side of a screen.

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#gamer

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https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201215-how-online-gaming-has-become-a-social-lifeline

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Micah

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2021-09-01
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