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

Wed, 20 May 2026 08:51:52 +0000

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.

#SimulationTheory #QuantumPhysics #AJGentile #rizwanvirk

00:02:53 Introduction & Early Computing
00:19:18 Mobile Gaming & the App Store
00:21:41 Tap Fish & the Daily Show
00:31:36 The VR Experience That Started Everything
00:41:47 Living a Double Life: Meditation & Monroe Institute
00:59:10 Simulation Theory Origins
01:29:43 Quantum Physics & How Simulations Work
01:58:29 Philip K. Dick & the Mandela Effect
02:14:05 The Delayed Choice Experiment & Multiple Pasts
02:43:21 NPC vs. RPG, UFOs & Closing Thoughts

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