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“AOC kinda sus.”This statement epitomizes the social, viral, and political milieu currently surrounding Generation Z like no other. When it’s your first time playing the immensely popular video game “Among Us,” let alone your first time assuming the role of the notorious “Imposter,” it’s hard not to be suspect. But U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fared well in her first game before being ejected off a digital spaceship and into internet stardom, marking a rare instance in which a politician harnessed youth platforms and tools to advance a cause without coming across as decidedly “sus.”After tweeting her intention to play “Among Us” to the tune of nearly 400,000 likes Ocasio-Cortez proceeded to set up an account on Twitch, the leading streaming service for video games. The following day, Ocasio-Cortez joined other Twitch stars for several hours to encourage increased voter turnout and, well, have a good time — her electioneering taking the form of banter and finger-pointing in virtual town halls. A typical Tuesday evening for your average United States Representative.Not including the audiences of fellow streamers, Ocasio-Cortez’s stream drew more than 430,000 concurrent viewers and nearly five million total views over the course of three and a half hours. Ocasio-Cortez now lays claim to the fifth-most watched individual stream in Twitch’s history, joining an elite company of streamers on the platform. (Whether the quality of AOC’s discussion rivals that of Ninja’s with Drake is a highly contested topic among political commentators.)A democratic socialist from New York, Ocasio-Cortez has risen to prominence as the voice of a politically-dismayed youth and “the de facto spokeswoman for the historically diverse 2018 midterm class.” The youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Ocasio-Cortez’s departure from the traditional congressional demographic and clashes with older Democrats and Republicans alike have cemented her status as a champion of…

Twitch streamer DrLupo broke the exciting news to fellow Twitch streamer SteveInSpawn that Twitch is donating $1 million to his charity, AbleGamers. In lieu of its annual TwitchCon being canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Twitch held its first GlitchCon on Nov. 14 to bring gamers virtually together. During GlitchCon's keynote address, Twitch streamer DrLupo told streamer SteveInSpawn (Steven Spohn) that Twitch is donating $1 million to his charity, AbleGamers, a charity that improves the lives of gamers with disabilities by utilizing the power of videogames. I am so shook.@Twitch donating $1,000,000 to @AbleGamers is going to *literally* change the lives of thousands of people with disabilities.To you who supported me, my work, AbleGamers, and our lofty dream of enabling everyone to play: Thank youThey did this because of you! pic.twitter.com/pxtYXs5lQX— Steven Spohn (Spawn) (@stevenspohn) November 14, 2020 GlitchCon's keynote address was led by Twitch streamer DrLupo and Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, with Spohn as an honorary guest to share his perspective as a disabled player and streamer, to speak about AbleGamers and to share ways creators can be more inclusive. Spohn shared the exciting announcement on Twitter, adding, "I am so shook. @Twitch donating $1,000,000 to @AbleGamers is going to *literally* change the lives of thousands of people with disabilities. To you who supported me, my work, AbleGamers, and our lofty dream of enabling everyone to play: Thank you. They did this because of you!" He then proceeded to name each member of his team at AbleGamers, calling them some of his "best friends" and clarifying that this win is a shared win for the charity overall that wouldn't have been possible without them. Spohn is currently the COO of AbleGamers. And a very special thanks to @DrLupo -- The one person Twitch could've gotten that would catch me off guard.I'm…

It didn't take long for Zelina Vega (Thea Trinidad) to speak out directly to her fans following her surprising release from WWE on Friday. Vega made her return to Twitch while the final moments of SmackDown were ticking down on FOX. Due to WWE's new rule related to talent being unable to participate on third party platforms like Twitch and Cameo without company involvement, numerous stars (including Vega) had previously put their accounts on pause.Vega's stream on Friday night was an emotional one and a heart to heart conversation with her fans that were live in the chat room. While we don't yet know all the details related to her release, the early word seems to be that WWE's new policy related to talent shutting down their Twitch pages was a non-starter and she stood up for herself.Vega seemed to confirm that during the stream, saying, "If I go down as someone who stood up for themselves, then so be it. I'm so thankful. I'm not angry. I'm just heartbroken 'cuz doing this, being a wrestler, is all I ever wanted to do." Zelina Vega is streaming right now on Twitch and thanking her fans. She's very emotional. "If I go down as someone who stood up for themselves, then so be it. I'm so thankful. I'm not angry. I'm just heartbroken 'cuz doing this, being a wrestler, is all I ever wanted to do." pic.twitter.com/4PCKJkzd8d — Ryan Droste (@ryandroste) November 14, 2020 She spoke a lot about how she viewed her ascent to WWE almost like a dream, saying several times that she was just a girl with a dream and couldn't believe the people she has had a chance to work with. She spoke about how Rey Mysterio was her hero growing up. She talked about working with…

Zelina Vega went live on Twitch, just a few hours after news broke about her release from WWE. Vega said she’s not angry and she’s just thankful. She noted that she was in the process of building a house and she indicated that Twitch helps her with her mental health. She said, “my first love is wrestling and I’m not giving that up.” She also encouraged her fans to not be afraid to stand up for themselves. She did not rip into WWE and it wouldn’t be smart to do so, especially since she is under a 90-day non-compete. She added, “I’m sad and I’m completely heartbroken. Obviously, this isn’t the last that you are gonna see of me…I love you all though and I’m really really thankful to every single one of you. If I go down as someone who stood up for themselves, so be it. I’m still thankful, I’m not angry. I’m just heartbroken because doing this, being a wrestler is all I ever wanted to do. I don’t really know what to say, there’s so many things I want to say but I don’t know how.” She also thanked everyone behind-the-scenes at WWE who she got to work with. As noted earlier, WWE announced that Vega was released just a few minutes after she tweeted, “I support unionization.” Vega took issue with WWE trying to take control of wrestler Twitch accounts. WWE posted a job offer for GFX Motion Designer on Twitch so it looks like they are planning on launching their own channel on the streaming service soon. That would likely be the reason why they sent out the edict banning talent from maintaining their own account. You can check out Vega’s Twitch stream by clicking here. Zelina Vega is now almost crying because her…

Amazon isn’t exactly a company you’d associate with gaming, except perhaps as a backend platform with AWS, but it’s not for a lack of trying. It bought game streaming platform Twitch, launched its own Lumberyard game engine based on CryTek’s CryEngine, and, most recently, launched its own game streaming platform Luna. But while that last bit catered more towards PC gamers on mobile, Amazon is now introducing a new social network that targets hardcore Android gamers, creating a space for them to edit and share key moments in their games since there aren’t enough social networks like that. While platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook focus on longer-form video content and streaming, GameOn is pretty much like their TikTok equivalent. Clips range from 30 seconds up to five minutes and are designed to highlight special moments, not entire playthroughs. GameOn, however, isn’t just a social network as the mobile app pretty much acts like a video record and editor in one. Recorded videos are stored on the device and users can edit them after the fact before they upload to the GameOn server. Given that it uses display screen recording, it’s not that surprising that the app is available only on Android, via Google Play Store or Amazon’s own Appstore. GameOn does offer a few special features, like Recall Recording that only saves the last 30 seconds up to 5 minutes of gameplay. You can use the selfie camera to add a face recording, like a commentary, to personalize the clip. The platform also has weekly challenges that are pretty much popularity contest around specific themes or objectives. Amazon GameOn boasts supporting over 1,000 Android games, including the usual culprits like PUBG Mobile, Crossy Road, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and, amusingly, Angry Birds 2. While an interesting concept, it’s also…

Embargoes are out of the way. Consoles are out the door. People are getting hands on — or getting their orders in for Christmas. And some are still on the fence. So if you have questions about the PS5, or the PS5 experience, you can ask Leah and I directly. It’s been a massive week, but now that we can finally talk about the console in its entirety, that’s precisely what we’ll do. Leah and I will be breaking it all down on the Kotaku Australia Twitch channel. We’ve played a fair chunk of next-gen games (or crossgen games on the new consoles) as well, including Demon’s Souls, Miles Morales, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, DiRT 5, Watch Dogs: Legion, NBA 2K21 and some previous gen titles too. God of War at 60 FPS is definitely a good time. You can join us below through our Twitch channel from 2.35pm-3.35pm AEDT / 1.35pm-2.35pm AEST / 2.05pm-3.05pm ACST / 12.35pm-1.35pm AWST. We’re taking questions not only from the Twitch chat and the comments here, but from our Aussie Discord server as well. We’ve got a lovely little community going, and you can ping myself or Leah any questions, or hang out with the other TAYbies. Highly recommended. Lot of cool people in there.

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With so many different social network platforms in the year 2020, there are endless amounts of connections between politicians and their target audiences. Aside from press conferences, some of the more popular social networks like Twitter and Facebook aren’t the only ways to connect to the people they are striving to reach. Streaming services like Twitch are great live sources to get up close and personal. Twitch is a website that allows users, primarily gamers, to watch or broadcast live streaming and pre-recorded video. According to Business of Apps, viewership on Twitch has only grown more and more throughout the years since it was created back in 2011 and has attracted many more viewers during the coronavirus pandemic. Year-by-year since its creation in 2012, Twitch's viewership has steadily increased. Photo credit: Twitch Tracker Considering its steady rise in popularity within the youth community, Twitch could be a great way for politicians to connect and relate to them on a personal level. Twitch is an online site that can be accessed through a browser and is also available in the app store. Its accessibility could make it very easy to reach the community of people between the ages of 18-29 in an age where almost everyone has a phone, laptop, or tablet of some kind. Most recently, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, commonly known as AOC, live broadcasted herself playing the newly popularized game, Among Us, with widely known gamers from around the world to promote voting. The live stream garnered over 400,000 viewers during its broadcast and its recorded version currently sits at over 5 million views. Congresswoman AOC streams and plays Among Us with popular gamers and friends. Photo credit: Vox Video clips and highlights from the broadcast showed up on several different social media platforms across the board including Twitter,…

While 2020 has been an especially difficult year for just about everyone, Twitch streaming has become nothing short of a booming business, with quarantined viewers turning to their technology for entertainment — leading to some jaw-dropping revenue for broadcasters, in the process. While it’s no secret that some of Twitch’s top personalities are raking in obscene amounts of dough, there have been some major changes on the platform in the past year, with names like Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins and Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek returning to the site after signing to Mixer in 2019. Taking multi-million dollar buyouts each, it stands to reason that some longtime Twitch viewers would expect these two returning streamers to be at the top of 2020’s highest-paid list — but that is not the case, with some other names taking the title of Twitch’s top earners. A report from SavingSpot shows that the highest-earning streamers of 2020 are as follows: #1 – xQc, $1,984,000 It comes as little surprise that Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, Overwatch pro and longtime Twitch star, ranks at the top of Twitch’s highest-paid list. According to SavingSpot, Lengyel’s nearly $2 million income this year can be attributed to his “high viewership numbers and ad revenue” — and if his infamous “Among Us” streams with other broadcasters are anything to go by, that’s nothing to sniff at. SavingSpotSavingSpot’s 2020 Twitch earnings report found some surprising results for the site’s highest paid streamers. #2 – NICKMERCS, $1,737,535 Nick ‘NICKMERCS’ Kolcheff is another huge name on Twitch, who came in at second place in SavingSpot’s highest-paid list. Hailing from Grand Rapids, USA, NICKMERCS is a seriously popular broadcaster, best known for his Fortnite and Call of Duty gameplay. Considering he’s got over 4.5 million followers on Twitch, it makes sense he’d be one of the site’s highest-paid…

While 2020 has been an especially difficult year for just about everyone, Twitch streaming has become nothing short of a booming business, with quarantined viewers turning to their technology for entertainment — leading to some jaw-dropping revenue for broadcasters, in the process. While it’s no secret that some of Twitch’s top personalities are raking in obscene amounts of dough, there have been some major changes on the platform in the past year, with names like Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins and Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek returning to the site after signing to Mixer in 2019. Taking multi-million dollar buyouts each, it stands to reason that some longtime Twitch viewers would expect these two returning streamers to be at the top of 2020’s highest-paid list — but that is not the case, with some other names taking the title of Twitch’s top earners. A report from SavingSpot shows that the highest-earning streamers of 2020 are as follows: #1 – xQc, $1,984,000 It comes as little surprise that Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, Overwatch pro and longtime Twitch star, ranks at the top of Twitch’s highest-paid list. According to SavingSpot, Lengyel’s nearly $2 million income this year can be attributed to his “high viewership numbers and ad revenue” — and if his infamous “Among Us” streams with other broadcasters are anything to go by, that’s nothing to sniff at. SavingSpotSavingSpot’s 2020 Twitch earnings report found some surprising results for the site’s highest paid streamers. #2 – NICKMERCS, $1,737,535 Nick ‘NICKMERCS’ Kolcheff is another huge name on Twitch, who came in at second place in SavingSpot’s highest-paid list. Hailing from Grand Rapids, USA, NICKMERCS is a seriously popular broadcaster, best known for his Fortnite and Call of Duty gameplay. Considering he’s got over 4.5 million followers on Twitch, it makes sense he’d be one of the site’s highest-paid…