Tag: Twitch
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Witness 1,000 Twitch Users Trying to Conquer the Initial Level of Doom
The iconic game, Doom, was recently converted into an ASCII version and played by 1,000 simultaneous Twitch viewers in an entertaining experiment led by YouTuber ThePrimeagen. The video recording contains complex information about the conversion and compression processes that enabled the classic FPS to be playable via a chat log, intriguing yet challenging for those…
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Twitch CEO Admits “Optimistic” Staffing Strategy as 500 Employees are Laid Off
Twitch, a streaming service owned by Amazon, confirmed recent reports that it will lay off around 35% of its workforce – equating to over 500 jobs – as part of a plan to resize the company, according to CEO Dan Clancy. In an internal email, which was later posted on the company’s blog, Clancy outlined…