Hidden in Plain Sight, a Brooklyn Comic Store Preserves a Dying Art

What the Loot store can teach us about great offline experiences in an online world

Herbert Lui
Nov 3 · 6 min read
The Loot store. Image via: Catherine Michelle Bartlett

“Put the camera down, man. It’s showtime!” So begins Fortnite’s first trailer, debuting at Spike’s Video Game Awards in 2011. And what a show it has been. In 2018, Fortnite made Epic Games $2.4 billion in…

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