Why Would Anyone Watch Twitch?
August 28, 2014
[Commentary] A great deal of the bafflement over Amazon’s purchase of Twitch comes from people who, like me, are too old to understand gaming on a deep-down, emotional level.
It’s a gaping generational chasm: For the younger cohort that populates Twitch, there’s nothing weird at all about passing an evening watching, learning, and chatting about the pastime they adore.
Why Would Anyone Watch Twitch? A newbie’s guide to why so many people are watching Twitch (ars technica)