Popular Twitch streamer and NBA 2K player ‘GirlGamerShay’ has come under intense scrutiny after mocking the Make-A-Wish foundation during a recent live broadcast.
The Make-A-Wish foundation, a nonprofit organization, helps grant the “wishes” of children from 2 and a half to 17 years old with terminal illnesses, and is widely known for wrangling high-profile celebrities for wholesome meet-and-greets with the sick youngsters.
A charitable organization responsible for bringing happiness to terminally ill kids, Make-A-Wish has received ample praise for its mission since its founding in 1980 — but one Twitch streamer mocked the Foundation during an August broadcast.
It’s not uncommon to see streamers banned on Twitch for content that is considered more on the risque side, but the platform turned some heads when it banned a streamer for using a profile picture of singer SZA.
Solána Imani Rowe, better known by her stage name SZA, is a popular singer with multiple Grammy nominations and even Oscar nomination for best original song. But, an image of her was deemed “inappropriate” to be used on Twitch.
Rachell ‘Valkyrae’ Hofstetter was left horrified after her GameStop ex-boyfriend sent her a DM on Twitter after her story of the two’s short relationship went viral in a 100 Thieves video.
Valkyrae may have over 3.6 million subscribers on YouTube but she wasn’t always a content creator.
She was an employee at GameStop before streaming became her career and, in a recent video with Nadeshot and Fuslie, she opened up about a relationship she had with a co-worker who turned out to be gay.
Jake Paul says he is down to fight Mike Tyson and is willing to go up in weight to meet the legendary boxer. The YouTuber claims the showdown would be a $300 million pay-per-view event.
Rumors of Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fighting first sparked in January. While the former Heavy Weight Champion initially rejected the matchup, the 55-year-old recently teased that he is now open to the idea “for the right price.
Pokemon Go trainers have been spotting visual glitches in the game for weeks now, with a Rainbow Pikachu having previously gone viral. Next up, a new and improved Swablu shows trainers what Shinies should really look like.
The popular mobile game, Pokemon Go, available on both iOS and Android devices, has a boatload of Shiny Pokemon for trainers to catch. The most recent additions came in the way of Alolan forms, and their rarest versions.
Hasan Piker has laughed off DarkViperAU’s claims that Twitch streamers reacting to other people’s content is a form of exploitation, insisting most content creators actually don’t mind it, including himself.
On February 7, DarkViperAU posted a 14-page document claiming Twitch streamers who spend hours reacting to other people’s content are “bad people” who “exploit others” to benefit no one but themselves.
Naturally, his document drew a reaction from several streamers, including Mizkif and MoistCr1TiKal.
Call of Duty professional Charlie ‘MuTeX’ Saouma has been formally dropped from the Dallas Empire roster, and proceeded to unload a heated tirade in his first Twitch stream following the news.
Following a controversial outburst on stream where MuTeX unleashed a flurry of offensive language towards a teammate, the pro was dropped from Dallas Empire’s franchise CDL roster on November 25.
Despite being immediately apologetic for his actions, stating that “it was a joke… a very, very bad joke,” he adopted a drastically different tone when settling into his first broadcast since his removal from the Call of Duty League.
TikTok star Tayler Holder notably parted ways with YouTuber and fitness model Sommer Ray in summer 2020, and drama is still brewing between the ex-couple nearly a year later.
Tayler Holder and Sommer Ray’s relationship was a tumultuous one; it seemed like the couple were about to make it official before breakup rumors started to surface, with the two unfollowing each other on Instagram and deleting all of their TikToks together.
Diablo 2 Resurrected’s development team have finally broken their silence on the remaster’s Nintendo Switch version, but it turns out there’s one key feature that won’t translate across.
Diablo 2 Resurrected is almost upon us, but it’s not been smooth sailing in the lead-up to launch.
Despite improved in-game graphics and stunning new visuals, players have been let down by Blizzard’s decision to omit the competitive ladder upon release, as well as disabling in-game voice chat and lobbies for console players.
Some Fortnite players are upset Epic has decided to make Zero Build a permanent mode, despite it’s popularity with the wider community.
Fortnite’s no building mode was a hit with players and even brought people who hadn’t played the game in years back to the battle royale.
On April 2, Fortnite brought back building, but kept Zero Build as an optional mode as well. Most players seem thrilled no-build will be an option going forward, but a very vocal sect of fans have been blasting the decision.