Fast Food Virtual Worlds: A Deep Dive
Today, I set out to answer the question "why the heck were there so many virtual worlds operated by fast food franchises from about 2008-2011?" Truly, the phenomenon of late-aughts corporations frantically copying each others' social MMOs sprouted some bizarre and memorable games. In this retrospective, I cover the defunct kids' virtual worlds McWorld, McDonald's Happy Studio, and Club BK, as well as the single player successor apps McPlay, the Happy Meal App, and Burger King Jr. Club. You can now support me on Patreon! / lispeaks Time stamps: Intro: 0:00 McWorld: 2:39 Flashing lights/motion sickness warning: 7:04 McWorld, cont: 9:25 McPlay: 13:06 Happy Studio: 17:13 The Happy Meal App: 23:00 Club BK: 26:49 Burger King Jr. Club: 32:22 The miserable revival: 35:22 Conclusion: 37:47 Credits: 38:18 Eric Ravenstein's Club BK Page: ericravenstein.com/work/burger-king-club-bk/ Steve Strauch's McWorld Page: https://stevestrauch.com/virtual-world Gameplay of McDonald's Happy Studio: • McDonalds Happy Studio 3D My twitter: twitter.com/lispeaks_ My other channel (on hiatus until December): / gentleliasmr Join the Li Speaks community! Discord 💜 / discord 💜 Patreon 💙 / lispeaks 💙
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