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    TechScape: Twitch and the dark side of the streaming dream

    Oct 26, 2022 4 minutes

    Twitch is having a rough time. The live-streaming site, owned by Amazon since 2014, is synonymous for many with video games. The audience for TechScape is broad, so forgive me: some of you will wonder why I have to explain that Twitch is where viewers watch microcelebrities play video games, interact with those influencers and experience tight parasocial relationships of the sort that other communities have with podcasters, YouTubers or newsletter authors. (I love you, too). Others will wonder why anyone would want to watch someone playing video games.

    Whether you get it or not, there’s no questioning that Twitch streamers are bona fide celebrities. We’re some years out now from 31-year-old Richard Blevins – better known as Ninja – hitting headlines in 2018 and earning an easy million-dollar salary in the process.

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