Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante attended the San Diego convention and found it to be progressive, energetic, and very,…
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Three days at the San Diego streaming convention, walking around and meeting big streamers like Hasan Piker,…
From pronoun pins to drag royalty, the streamer convention was inclusive AF
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John-117 has done so much for humanity, he deserves a night out
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TwitchCon 2022 now requires attendees to wear masks indoors and provide vaccination cards, negative covid tests
Its location, size, and Pokimane pizza lines have varied, but since 2015, Twitch has hosted some form of convention…
These days, Twitch streaming is an avalanche that drowns potential viewers in a daily rush of new names and faces.…
The sun is bright. Blinding, almost. It is late afternoon on the last day of TwitchCon, and I have been waiting in…
“You can ruffle your feathers at people. It’s fucking great. I love that game! Who plays Goose Game?” Blink 182 bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus bellowed to a cheering crowd at last night’s TwitchCon party. The band headlined the party, which was open to all attendees and took place in a stadium in San Diego. It was…
Tucked away in the furthest back corner of TwitchCon, there’s a Blockbuster booth. Yes that Blockbuster: the mostly-defunct video rental store. What is this ode to entertainment’s now-distant past doing at a convention dedicated to the cutting edge of its present? Advertising an officially-licensed Blockbuster board…
Twitch, like so many other platforms on the “free” internet, runs on ads. These ads are annoying as hell. They also…
“There’s no reason why they shouldn’t have an accessibility tag, or an “a11y” tag—Twitter speak for accessibility. If Twitch is listening, please give us that tag. We’ve been asking for over a year now,” said streamer AccessibleGamer during TwitchCon’s “Streaming With Disabilities” panel. He added that most Twitch…
Twitchcon’s show floor is notably lacking in video games. This makes sense; game makers have far less to gain from being at a show where most people are here to see streamers, not play games. In previous years, that didn’t stop a fair number of video game companies from having presences. This year, however, it’s…