The pandemic made 2020 a record-breaking year for the video game industry while 2021 starts of with GameStonks.
Not surprisingly, 2020 becomes a record-breaking year for the video game sales (Verge).
Beyond sales, more people played video games than any other year (Verge).
2020 also saw the most nominations at the GLAAD awards (CBR).
The NY Times gets slammed by other news outlets for critizing children playing video games during a pandemic (Kotaku).
Meanwhile, retail investors take on Wall Street using GameStop as their battleground (Vox).