The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Who Is Lil Tay?
We’re into the dog days of summer, and things are going off the rails, whether it’s the hoax announcement of an influencer’s death, a New York City riot caused by…
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear to Step Down After His Tenure of 16 Years
Amazon.com-owned Twitch’s Emmett Shear will step down as chief executive officer after over 16 years at the live video streaming platform that he co-founded, he said on Thursday.President Dan Clancy,…
The Debate on Deepfake Porn Misses the Point
In the weeks after Ewing’s stream, the online conversation about the deepfakes continued to spiral. Centering “real” versus “fake” diminishes the lasting impact these images have on these streamers and…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What is ‘Enyacore?’
Photo: Bob Riha Jr / Contributor (Getty Images) It’s a hodgepodge of young-people trendlets this week. I’m looking at the surprising reemergence of a slightly mysteriously 90s singer-songwriter, an innovative…
Hogwarts Legacy Sets Record for Single-Player Game With 1.28 Million Viewers
Hogwarts Legacy is completely dominating the Twitch charts with record-breaking numbers. In a tweet, developer Avalanche Software confirmed that their new open-world Harry Potter RPG hit a peak concurrent viewership…
Why the Internet Is so Pissed Off About ‘Hogwarts Legacy’
Harry Potter and the magical world in which he lives haven’t been served particularly well by video games since the first novel came out in 1997, but this week, with…
Test Your Endurance With This Never-Ending AI-Generated ‘Seinfeld’ Show
You can binge all nine seasons of Seinfeld as many times as you want, but you’ll never see another new episode again. That is, until you tune into Nothing, Forever…
12 Celebrities Your Kids Love but You’ve Never Heard Of
These 12 celebrities are household names—but only to part of most households. If your personalized algorithm on YouTube or TikTok is serving up World War II documentaries instead of game…
The Reign of the Part-Time Twitch Streamer
The camera focuses on two bare feet as a Twitch streamer, who goes by JrocTheGod, wrecks boss after boss in Cuphead with just his toes. After a few failed attempts…
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Former “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” DJ Dies By Suicide Aged 40
The dancer, choreographer, actor and producer died by suicide on Tuesday.American freestyle hip-hop dancer, choreographer, and actor Stephen Laurel “tWitch” Boss died by suicide on Tuesday. He was 40 years…