{"id":1731,"date":"2021-06-04T10:52:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/why-i-started-streaming-video-games-on-twitch-at-the-age-of-43\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:52:36","slug":"why-i-started-streaming-video-games-on-twitch-at-the-age-of-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/why-i-started-streaming-video-games-on-twitch-at-the-age-of-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I started streaming video games on Twitch at the age of 43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over lockdown, comedian, mother of two and former games journalist Ellie Gibson took up livestreaming, loved the community \u2013 and learned to love playing again<\/p>\n<p>Like so many things in my life, it began as a daft experiment. I love learning new stuff, and over the course of my 43 years I\u2019ve tried all sorts. Some things have stuck, like comedy, running, and having kids. Some haven\u2019t, like kung fu, olives and holidays in Germany. To be honest, I thought that livestreaming games on Twitch would fall into the latter category.<\/p>\n<p>For those who aren\u2019t familiar (I wasn\u2019t until this year), Twitch involves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/elliegibsongames\">playing video games live on the internet<\/a> while providing a running commentary. People watch you, and chat to you via a message window, and sometimes give you money. It\u2019s sort of like exotic dancing, but with fewer breasts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2021\/jun\/04\/why-i-started-streaming-video-games-on-twitch-at-the-age-of-43\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cebb7c8ee4e0d578be4cd657c0aaa9bf89116937\/0_242_1322_793\/master\/1322.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=400afd2d181b530b48907990439b686a\" title=\"Why I started streaming video games on Twitch at the age of 43\" \/>Over lockdown, comedian, mother of two and former games journalist Ellie Gibson took up livestreaming, loved the community \u2013 and learned to love playing again<br \/>\nLike so many things in my life, it began as a daft experiment. I love learning new stuff, and over the course of my 43 years I\u2019ve tried all sorts. Some things have stuck, like comedy, running, and having kids. Some haven\u2019t, like kung fu, olives and holidays in Germany. To be honest, I thought that livestreaming games on Twitch would fall into the latter category.<br \/>\nFor those who aren\u2019t familiar (I wasn\u2019t until this year), Twitch involves playing video games live on the internet while providing a running commentary. People watch you, and chat to you via a message window, and sometimes give you money. It\u2019s sort of like exotic dancing, but with fewer breasts. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over lockdown, comedian, mother of two and former games journalist Ellie Gibson took up livestreaming, loved the community \u2013 and learned to love playing again Like so many things in my life, it began as a daft experiment. I love learning new stuff, and over the course of my 43 years I\u2019ve tried all sorts. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/why-i-started-streaming-video-games-on-twitch-at-the-age-of-43\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why I started streaming video games on Twitch at the age of 43<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}