Gaming is the largest entertainment industry on earth, and its ceiling is physical. Every player knows the enemy: lag. Every studio knows the compromise: worlds shrunk, physics faked, player counts capped — not for lack of imagination, but because the infrastructure underneath converts, heats, and waits.
The tell is where the money goes: studios spend fortunes on servers and still ship games that stutter, while cloud gaming keeps stalling on the same problem — the speed of light is fine; everything electrons touch is not.

Inside: why real-time worlds break on electron-based infrastructure; what cloud gaming's false starts reveal about where the value sits; how light-speed logic changes what a game can be — persistent worlds, true physics, crowds that don't cap; and who is positioned to own the studios, platforms, and venues of the light era.

This isn't a game review. It's an industry map for entertainment's next engine — written for builders who want to see it first.

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