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Due to their popularity, various corporations have begun placing advertisements for their products within the context of the game. ''[[Second Life]]'', an Internet-based virtual world, has attempted to blur the lines between real world and virtual world, and companies such as Adidas, Reebok, and Dell have set up virtual stores selling real-world products within the game. [[Reuters]] also operates a news bureau reporting news in the game.
Due to their popularity, various corporations have begun placing advertisements for their products within the context of the game. ''[[Second Life]]'', an Internet-based virtual world, has attempted to blur the lines between real world and virtual world, and companies such as Adidas, Reebok, and Dell have set up virtual stores selling real-world products within the game. [[Reuters]] also operates a news bureau reporting news in the game.
== NPC internet meme ==
''See also:'' [[NPC internet meme]]
The [[NPC internet meme]] (derived from non-player character in video gaming), is a politically [[right-wing]] internet meme that represents people who do not think for themselves or do not make their own decisions. In other words, they have been indoctrinated.
=== The rise of the NPC internet meme ===
[[File:NPC Google trends.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|Google Trends graph of the number of worldwide searches for the term NPC]]
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There has been a huge rise in the use of the NPC meme on the internet as can be seen [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=NPC by this Google Trends graph of worldwide searches for the term ].
The main factors are:
'''1.''' [[Elon Musk]] taking over Twitter which gave a boost to the political right.
'''2.''' Right-wingers are getting more active in culture war issues such as anti-[[woke]] backlash.
'''3.''' The growing hunger for [[free speech]] and anti-[[cancel culture]] sentiments.
'''4.''' The rise of a few other right-wing friendly social media platforms (Rumble, Gab, etc.)
'''5.''' Right-wingers are [https://www.axios.com/2021/12/06/conservative-social-media-crypto-publishing-internet aggressively building their own ecosystem]
'''6.''' A right-wing populist programme normally encompasses factors such as economic protectionism/problems and anti-imigration/anti-illegal immigration sentiments and these factors are rising in some countries
'''7.''' European right-wing political figures ([[Marine Le Pen]], [[Viktor Orbán]], Andrej Duda, etc.) are using the European Union corruption scandal as a political weapon and inciting anti-EU sentiment ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections which is giving a bounce to right-wingers.
== Education in video games ==
== Education in video games ==