On May 21, popular streaming platform Twitch announced, and immediately introduced, a new genre section for the categorizing of streams titled: "Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches." The change may have been ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Twitch, Amazon's livestreaming platform, is primarily a service focused on letting ...

Twitch has seen a wave of streaming from hot tubs and pools over the course of 2021. Dubbed "hot tub meta" streams, this wave of women in bikinis has caused an uproar. Critics claim that this content ...

A late arrival to the gaming field who grew up in a household devoid of consoles. Her life changed after she found an old Gameboy Color and a copy of Pokémon Crystal at a garage sale. While she ...

Last week, Twitch addressed a minor community revolt with an urgent memo. It is titled: “Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams.” And the streams were unleashed. The controversy began when streamers found ...

As the home for so much gaming content on the internet, Twitch often finds itself at the heart of controversy and online discourse. One of the more recent topics of discussion was the merit of “hot ...

Twitch has added a dedicated "Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches" section. The addition comes after the Amazon-owned company demonetized, without warning, the channels of several of its most popular creators ...

After growing up with Pokemon, Kirby, and Animal Crossing, The Elder Scrolls' fifth installment of Skyrim changed her life and she's been an avid gamer ever since. If she's not tending to yet another ...

Twitch has finally ruled that it’s not against its rules to be deemed attractive. It’s the latest and official word in the saga of “hot tub meta” that’s taken over the platform in recent weeks, though ...

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Hot tub streams might be under threat as Twitch streamers claim to be banned for no adequately explained reason. Last year, hot tub streams on Twitch (where people literally streamed themselves doing ...