If you visited the Twitch home page over the last week you probably saw the usual suspects: League of Legends, Hearthstone, Counter-Strike. In a twist, GTA Online has joined that list thanks to a former officer of the law, Eli Thompson. People love him so much, he’s already become one of Twitch’s hottest channels. On…
Yesterday Twitch started a marathon of all 886 episodes of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and thousands of people are watching. Completely by coincidence, I am crying at work.
Yesterday Twitch started a marathon of all 886 episodes of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and thousands of people are watching. Completely by coincidence, I am crying at work.
Since the end of last week, news reports have been circulating about Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino, a streamer who got swatted while on an airplane and subsequently got banned from Twitch. In his eyes, he was booted unjustly, chewed up and spat out by Twitch’s new “IRL” section. However, this isn’t Denino’s first brush…
It was one in the morning when the Twitch streamer Ellohime heard a knock at his front door.Read more…
Twitch has announced a new Affiliate Program that allows smaller channels to earn revenue. It will launch later this month, granting fans the ability to donate cheers to affiliated channels and drown streamers in ego-inflating internet kudos. Features …
On Monday, a legally blind and deaf Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player was bullied off a match. In response, the CSGO community rallied around him.Read more…
In modern Pokémon games, there is only a 1 in 4,096 chance you’ll find a monster in a special coloring. People can spend hours, days, weeks, sometimes even years searching for shiny Pokémon to no avail, just resetting a game over and over again. Here’s what happens when you find a legendary shiny on your first try.
Yesterday, Atlus warned Persona 5 players that if they show gameplay footage after a certain point in the game, Atlus will go after their channels with copyright claims and strikes. While some streamers aren’t surprised by this policy, they’ve reacted with frustration at what they feel are measures that will…
This weekend a speedrunner who goes by Cheese broke the existing record for beating Mario 64 with all 120 stars with a time 1:40:05. But his goal was to come in under 1:39, something he might have achieved if not for one of his spectators spamming a te…