So, there's this Kyle Bosman guy on Twitch...

Oscillator

He tends to stream fairly old games, generally ones a bit off the beaten path, with an emphasis on full playthroughs. His streams often run 4+ hours (his last two were 8+!), and he provides sharp commentary, witty jokes, and does silly voices the whole way. XD Very friendly with and encouraging of the chat too.

I hear he used to be a game tester, then worked for a couple of Los Angeles-based video game media outlets. I think one of them was affiliated with ScrewAttack for a while, and the other one had a very welcoming name, something like "Good Buddies".

At the moment, he's streaming once or twice a week, though he doesn't have a set schedule, so keep a close eye on his Twitch channel and Twitter page! He also archives his streams on YouTube, and has a disused YouTube channel with some comedic analyses of gaming news. A shame that he only did a few before switching to streaming, they had a fun vibe. Maybe he thought they were too similar to The Last Levelle.

Oscillator

Fer real though, put Kyle news here. :)

https://soundcloud.com/easyallies/robot-party?in=easyallies/sets/every-kyle-song

Shoulderguy

https://www.twitch.tv/easyallies/clip/MiniatureTentativeCurryPartyTime

Oscillator

Stream to-nite at 5 PT/7 CT/8 ET with some news:

Scotty

@oscillator

So what was the big project?

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@scotty said in So, there's this Kyle Bosman guy on Twitch...:

@oscillator

So what was the big project?

Kyle is now a freelance narrative designer for the German developer KING Art Games (Iron Harvest, former EZA sponsor), working on their next, unannounced project which is in the conceptual phase.

Also, he said the Masters degree he was going for was in Game Design.

Axel

@oscillator It's going to sound easy to say in hindsight, but since Kyle announced he wanted to try something new I couldn't help but think he'd be a great game designer. He's shown time and time again a deep understanding of what makes games click, he's able to find the fun even in "dumb games", and honestly, he already IS a game designer, he has made a game!

Of course there are big differences between judging a game and making one, but he absolutely has the mindset and skillset for the job.

I would also say he's going to learn a ton more working on this project than he would doing a degree, so if that first gig goes well for him, he could easily bypass going to uni altogether.

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DIPSET

Sometimes when you become a fan of something, you get attached to the people and think everything they say and do is great or funny. If I showed a friend Easy Allies they may or may not find one of their Group streams worthwhile, or they might think Fiasconauts isn't that funny.

But give anybody "Don't Call Me Mama" and they'll have a good time. We don't like Kyle only because we've watched him make videos for years. He just has this contagious sense of humour that he can translate into different avenues (i.e. Box Peak, Dumb Game Monday, Don't Call Me Mama).

I definitely think the general public will be down with what he has to offer.