Iron Lung, a largely unheralded indie horror game adapted for the big screen by a YouTuber is a hit of a very modern kind, built on blood, sweat and parasocial relationships
  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    3 days ago

    A quick search shows he’s had about 11 billion views on his YouTube videos. Multi millionaire who makes videos for a living makes a video and someone was surprised people watched it?

    “A lone gamer”

  • javasux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    3 days ago

    Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach, who – though I must confess I had never heard of before writing this piece–

    Wow, what a different life the author must lead than every single person I know

    • dxdydz@slrpnk.netEnglish
      91·
      2 days ago

      I have never heard of this person either. And I’m a video game playing nerd. You’re just in a bubble. It’s maybe a huge bubble, but even millions of fans for this random YouTuber still adds up to a small percentage of people. Most people won’t know this person.

      • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I just don’t care much about YouTubers, especially game streamers. It’s a completely uninteresting space to me. I have heard this person mentioned on here or Reddit but I can’t recall the context.