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Rizwan Virk - Reality Is a Video Game. Here's the Evidence | The Basement Trailer

2026-05-18 Entertainment
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Watch the Riz Virkvpodcast NOW by joining The Why Files Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/thewhyfiles Rizwan Virk built games downloaded millions of times, invested early in Discord, and taught at MIT. Then he put on a VR headset in Sausalito and nearly fell over reaching for a table that didn't exist. That five-second moment sent him down a rabbit hole connecting quantum physics, Eastern mysticism, and video game design — and he's not sure he's found the bottom yet.

Top Comments (10)

@zb10948 2026-05-18

The quality of your content is going down fast.

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@grus.clausen 2026-05-18

So. Is regular why files just dead now?

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@dooglitas 2026-05-18

Whenever people talk about this idea of reality being a "simulation," no one ever asks the question of who created the "simulation."

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@bar473 2026-05-18

Just cancelled my Patreon membership. This is truly a shame.

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@notme3272 2026-05-18

I hate when channels deteriorate to yet another stale podcast channel

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@kiesowingme 2026-05-18

If life is a video game why am I so bad at it?

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@sbonfye8058 2026-05-18

Bruh where’s your regular YouTube vids Not yet another podcast -______-

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@m111ark 2026-05-18

AJ, you’re losing your grip on reality. You could use a truth reboot.

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@EliteSuperGrunt 2026-05-18

WTF is this?

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@Cheesesteak70-d1v 2026-05-18

All I know is Jaws girlfriend in Moonraker had braces!!!!!!

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