Usually on Twitch, the rallying cry “Let’s get top five, baby!” refers to a video game leaderboard. Now, in the wake of a cataclysmic data breach, the gaming world is focused on a new leaderboard: one ...

Amazon's streaming service Twitch has become one of the most important platforms in the video game industry. It's a place where players can build community with each other, celebrate the hottest games ...

Although Toph, an American, had friends and a relationship in Japan, he found living there for the past eight years to be oftentimes quite lonely. When he discovered Twitch in 2016, it seemed like the ...

It’s no longer unusual to see your therapist over a computer screen. Over the past year, more therapists have switched to remote counseling with their patients, a product of the ongoing COVID-19 ...

Minority languages are often associated with aging rural communities, thought to have fallen out of use or confined to textbooks. Defined simply as a language spoken by less than half of the ...

Like a lot of streamers, Ceddy’s mod team protects him and his viewers from online harassment — trolls, haters and detractors. Ceddy, who goes by his first name online, described how, almost daily, ...

Samantha Rivera was studying engineering in Mexico in 2020 when a group of friends convinced her she could draw an audience by streaming herself playing Call of Duty, the video game she played in her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever been on Twitch, then you’ve certainly seen a clip of Imane “Pokimane” Anys. Pokimane is one of the most ...

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Several prominent Twitch ...

As hundreds of police officers descended on UCLA’s campus last week, Bret Hamilton, a 31-year-old Twitch streamer who covers news and politics, documented their every move. He trailed the officers as ...