Video game addiction: 6,000 hours spent playing EverQuest | Jeff Kaplan and Lex Fridman

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Jeff Kaplan is a legendary Blizzard game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, now preparing to launch a new game, The Legend of California, from his new studio Kintsugiyama - available to wishlist on Steam today, with alpha later in March.

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