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CultureTwitchFacebook’s 100% Subscription Money Deal Turns Twitch Streamers’ Heads
Facebook has made no secret of its desire to lure streamers over from Twitch’s saturated pastures. Its latest salvo in the streaming wars? Full subscription profits for streamers for the next two years. Facebook Gaming partnerships manager Josh Maresca made the announcement today on Twitter “We’re doubling down on creators,” he wrote. “Facebook has waived…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 7, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsDays Gone Mod Makes Zombie Hordes Ludicrously Large
It was only a matter of time until Days Gone’s newfound PC audience began to tear out its insides and refashion them into something gnarlier, and now that day has arrived. A new mod ups freaker (aka zombie) horde sizes to the point where they basically blot out your whole screen. Modder Aigmir created the…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 7, 2021 -
CultureSplitscreenWe’re Not Expecting Much From This Year’s E3
Somehow it’s June again, which means it’s almost time for E3 to start—and also, depending on who you ask (Sony, Sega, Blizzard), it’s already started. Still though, this must mean that several volcano bursts of white-hot excitement are just around the corner, right? You’d think, but after the year we just made it through, you…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2021 -
CultureActivision Hires Yet Another Former Republican Big Wig
It seems that Activision has a type. After hiring former George W. Bush-era counterterrorism appointee Frances F. Townsend and controversial Trump administration member Brian Bulatao in March, the mega-publisher has now rounded out its ranks with a third ex-member of a Republican Presidential administration: former George W. Bush White House lawyer Grant Dixton. Activision disclosed…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Drama Between Hasan And Dream Turns Into Reasonable Conversation
If there’s anything to be learned from being on the internet, it’s that things are always more complicated than they seem…on the internet. Yesterday evening, this played out in real time between two hugely popular streamers. It began with leftist streamer Hasan Piker browsing r/Livestreamfail—a Twitch-focused subreddit that streamers often mine for react-style content—and coming…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureTwitchThe Most Viewed Twitch Hot Tub Stream Yet Is Also The Most Cursed
At this point, there are more parody hot tub streams on Twitch than actual hot tub streams—so much so that one now holds the distinction of being the most viewed hot tub stream of all time. Credit where credit’s due, though: Minecraft megastar George “GeorgeNotFound’’ Davidson at least went out of his way to make…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 3, 2021 -
CultureMass Effect: Legendary Edition, As Told By Steam Reviews
Mass Effect is back, and so are the memes. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has given Steam users the opportunity to revisit the beloved space opera, and they’ve largely been having a grand time Mako-ing down memory lane. Is it the most elaborate remaster ever? No. Is the PC port perfect? Definitely not. But as most…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureTwitchLast Month’s Most Popular Twitch Clip Was Just A Butt
Turns out, people like butts. Per data compiled by analytics site Streams Charts, the most viewed Twitch clip of the entire month of May was a single shot from the stream of adult film actress and Twitch broadcaster Mia Malkova. She stood up in a tub, facing away from the camera. It would be hard…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureTwitchThe Twitch DMCAs Just Keep Coming
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The music industry is taking aim at Twitch, this time to the tune of “about 1,000 individual claims,” according to the company. Twitch’s solution? Second verse, same as the first: Delete, delete, delete. In an email sent to streamers earlier today, Twitch explained that “all of the…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 28, 2021
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