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Dave Dempsey

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16. 6. 2015 - 11:55

Today's Webtip: Clueless Gamer

Team Coco takes Let's Plays mainstream and gets smacked down by the cast of Silicon Valley.

I can't believe we have reached this point. The acceptance of e-sports was a bit of a shock but not THAT surprising. The fact that gaming is a huge industry should have become pretty clear to everyone by now, and the idea that it's just a kids thing is pretty well dead.

But I never really imagined that casual gaming entertainment like Let's Plays would ever make it mainstream. Well, not yet anyway.

But it has. And it's even watchable. Conan O'Brien has apparently been doing a gaming series since 2012. Being the clueless consumer that I am, I only recently stumbled across it. And I was shocked.

It was actually watchable. Here is the newest episode:



You can find the rest of the series on the Clueless Gamer site, and it's worth the trip.