About this episode

The episode explores the motivations behind streaming video games and the community aspect of platforms like Twitch and YouTube.

Send us Fan Mail He calls it a prison sentence, then hits Go Live anyway. When Destiny 2 moves toward maintenance mode, Marcus feels that familiar sting of something you love changing forever, and the fastest cure is surprisingly simple: open the stream, let the community walk back in, and see who still remembers your name. We dig into why people stream video games on Twitch and YouTube in the first place, from the social “living room” vibe to the strange comfort of lurkers who never type bu...

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Kaufmann Ph.D., Dr. Gameology

Topics covered

• streaming
• Twitch
• YouTube
• community
• video games
• social interaction

Keywords

• streaming
• Destiny 2
• Twitch
• YouTube
• community
• video games
• lurkers

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Books & works: Destiny 2

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