Deities, Democracy, and Disaster: Twitch Plays Pokemon
Imagine handing your friend a Gameboy and telling them not to play. Instead, they can only input each and every command you tell them. Now, imagine that another person joins you, and your friend must...
View ArticleFrom Private Play to Public Entertainment: Live-streaming and the Growth of...
Sponsored by the Creative Communities Initiative Game live-streaming has been in headlines frequently over the past year. Between the massive price tag Amazon paid for Twitch and the sheer numbers of...
View ArticleVisiting the Minecraft Institvte of Technology
We recently opened our Creating Videogames class for a day on Twitch! As part of our unit on spectation, streaming, and moderation, research scientist Philip Tan explored the Virtual MIT in Minecraft....
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