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Musk has pushed for a high profile in the gaming world for years. According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire, Musk demanded a role in 'Cyberpunk 2077', the much-hyped, futuristic video game franchise that debuted in 2020. — ReutersOn its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the CEO of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player.
Internet sleuths made YouTube videos and took to Reddit threads to dissect his gameplay, exposing mistakes a novice would make. Other gamers pointed out that Musk’saccount has been active at times he couldn’t have been playing himself, like while he was at Trump’s inauguration on a Monday morning.
It is rare that something the billionaire touches, whether he is launching rockets or slaying digital Goatmen, results in anything but controversy. But for Musk, “hardcore gamer” is a key part of the identity he has tried to project: a polymathic nerd’s nerd who is equal parts auto mogul, space pioneer and serial tech entrepreneur.
Musk has pushed for a high profile in the gaming world for years. According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire, Musk demanded a role in, the much-hyped, futuristic video game franchise that debuted in 2020. , the brooding, monster-slaying series that broke sales records when it was released. And he has fawned over the smash hit role-playing gameBut hardcore gamers have been sceptical.
But a week ago, he admitted to Nicholas Hayes, a gaming YouTube personality, that he had, indeed, boosted his accounts. “I mean, it’s Elon Musk,” Hayes said. “If you play with him, you’re probably going to give him a bunch of stuff.”
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