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Description: Time loop games have become a trend over the past few years: from Twelve Minutes, to Outer Wilds, to Deathloop. But the genre is by no means new! It predates Groundhog Day and goes all the way back to World War II. Still, there's a reason time loop stories keep coming back... looping, if you will. Jenna Stoeber walks us through the intricacies of time loops and alternate realities, and what it all has to do with our current ANXIETY. 0:00 Time loops are having a moment 1:15 The history of time loops 2:42 Alternate reality vs. time loops 5:54 Meta awareness of time loops 10:25 Elsinore: time loop Hamlet 12:35 Anxiety and doomscrolling 16:38 What time loops help us understand Subscribe to our YouTube channel! goo.gl/D8prdf Subscribe to our newsletter: polygon.com/pages/newsletter Like us on Facebook: bit.ly/PolygonFB Follow us on Twitter: bit.ly/PolygonTwitter Follow us on Instagram: bit.ly/PolygonInsta And for more gaming and entertainment coverage, visit polygon.com #hamlet #timeloop