Meet Your Online Friends: A Reflection on Internet and Gaming Friendships
Nearly a decade ago, I found myself at a bowling alley in downtown San Francisco to meet friends. I was …
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A Curious Journey: The Story of Outer Wilds’ Dedicated Online Community
It’s just after 7pm on a Wednesday night when I get a Discord notification that AefirThrift has gone live. He’s …
Kick Streaming is A Modern Day Snake Oil Salesman
In George Orwell’s haunting fable Animal Farm, a community of farm animals band together to oust the cruel and corrupt …
Ubisoft To Reveal The Future Of The Division Tomorrow
Ubisoft has announced that it will be hosting a stream tomorrow (Thursday, April 20) to show off the ‘past, present …
Honkai Star Rail Twitch Drops: How to Claim
Honkai: Star Rail – Hoyoverse’s brand-new turn-based RPG – has enabled Twitch drops, giving viewers a chance to win free in-game …
Twitch Cuts Subscriber Revenue Share For Biggest Streamers
The split of earnings from subscriptions is going to change for Twitch’s highest paid streamers. Under current arrangements most streamers …
Twitch Suspends Two Players Caught Hacking In Alex Zedra Stream
Twitch has suspended two Warzone streamers, BeardedBanger and Sarah “Icy Vixen” Belles, after the two were allegedly caught hacking. Alex Zedra, a …
Twitch Streamers Hit With Notices Over Game Sound Effects
As Twitch’s userbase scrambles to sanitize their past archives and current streams of licensed music, a new wave of notices …
Twitch Apologizes For Mass Deletion
In a very lengthy blog post yesterday, Twitch apologized for the mass deletion of countless archived streams and video clips …
Google Disavows Comments By Stadia Creative Director
In the wake of Twitch’s draconian crackdown on alleged DMCA violators, which led to the deletion of countless hours of …