“It was gamers. They targeted gamers.”
Video games have been a fixture throughout my life and in recent years I’ve been working at making the hobby part of my livelihood. To get paid to play Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was an opportunity I never imagined, but here we are.
I host a multi-media comedy show called Big Gaming Event, where there’s a mix of performers and presenters who have material tailored for gamers. After the show, guests can hang around and play some games depending on the theme of the show.
In 2020, my brother and I started a channel on Twitch that evolved into Play_Per_View. Starting off playing competitive games like Super Smash Brothers Ultimate and Mario Kart, movie night streams with story-driven games like Life Is Strange and The Last of Us, and casual game nights with Among Us and Quiplash with comedians and our community.
In the height of the pandemic, we hosted tournaments to raise money for charities, and put ourselves to the test with a 24 hour stream.