Call of Duty

Frank Lantz - Director of NYU's Game Center and Creator of Universal Paperclips

Y Combinator

A video game genre mentioned as an example of games that can be addictive.

Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon | Deep Questions With Cal Newport

Cal Newport

A video game example used to illustrate how advanced graphics could be generated on remote servers and streamed to local 'dumb terminals'.

E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth

All-In Podcast

An asset of Activision Blizzard that the FTC feared would become an Xbox exclusive.

Books I’ve Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

A popular first-person shooter video game franchise that has roots in the games developed by id Software.

The Ultimate Guide To Reinventing Your Life | Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Most Self-Help Advice Is Wrong. Here's The Fastest Way To Transform Your Life | Cal Newport

Cal Newport

A video game mentioned as an example of hyper-realistic games that can subvert natural drives for mastery.

Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars | Lex Fridman Podcast #147

Lex Fridman

A modern video game mentioned by Lex Fridman when discussing the differences in game graphics and immersion compared to older games.

E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more

All-In Podcast

A major gaming franchise owned by Activision with 120 million monthly active users, which would be integrated into Xbox Game Pass after the Microsoft acquisition.

Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels | Lex Fridman Podcast #346

Lex Fridman

A video game series referenced to illustrate how dehumanization in conflict can lead soldiers to view enemies as non-player characters (NPCs).

Lex Fridman plays Cyberpunk 2077

Lex Fridman

A first-person shooter game series mentioned as a genre preference over Cyberpunk 2077's combat style.

E45: Theranos & VC fraud risks, China bans video games, Texas SB8, Apple app store, CA fires, Rogan

All-In Podcast

A video game mentioned in the context of China's gaming ban and its potential impact on youth.

John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309

Lex Fridman

A game franchise by Activision, cited as an example where iterating and improving the same game annually can be both loved by players and profitable.

An Interview with Award-Winning Game Director | Kyle Rowley

a16z Deep Dives

A franchise Ted Timmons works on as Senior Creative Director at Raven Software.

How Smartphones Shrink Our Brains

ColdFusion

The Truth About Growing on Twitch (Cohh Carnage Interview)

a16z Deep Dives

30 Years After DOOM - What's Next for FPS? (ft. John Romero)

a16z Deep Dives

Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493

Lex Fridman

A series of first-person shooters, particularly Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2, praised for their 'gun feel' and multiplayer map design, and influencing Overwatch's shooter mechanics.

Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494

Lex Fridman

A first-person shooter video game franchise; mentioned as a game popular among teenagers who are introduced to NVIDIA's GeForce GPUs.