Why It’s Good For Your Kids To Play Video Games

Before he turned 30, Palmer Luckey sold his virtual reality startup, Oculus VR, for millions. For most people, that would be the epitome of a tech career. But even after successfully pivoting into defense technology by co-founding Anduril Industries, he never lost sight of his passion. Perhaps that is what makes ModRetro special. Going back to 2009, Luckey and his friends set out to give people the video game experience he loved and felt had been missing from modern gaming – a way to connect with friends through gaming systems that the big corporate players had long ago abandoned. Chromatic began in earnest in 2014, and his visionary M64 in 2016, sidelined only by that foray into defending America. But Luckey isn’t looking to copy a dusty concept of video games or feed modern “iPad kid” more tech slop; he’s reviving an experience. That revival – over a decade in the making – closes the gap between the spirit of the OG video game world of Nintendo 64 and GoldenEye 007 and being compatible with modern tools. It’s a revival that, like Luckey himself, refuses to be defined by those who don’t share his rule-defying vision.

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