Gamertopia

Book excerpt: Have you ever desired to know more about streaming gamers? Then your ship has come into harbor. This work sheds light on the exploding popularity of the phenomena in the wake of the pandemic via a humorous tour of the cast of characters who regularly stream, a key part of that being in-depth takes via devised fictitious subcultures of gamers. All are represented from one chapter to the next. Readers will not only enjoy jocund accounts of streaming but will glean historic insights too, covering such things as game industry history, stream platforms, gamer lexicon. In addition, the work relates the subcultures to wacky stereotypes of denizens from various US states mentioned herein. Love it or hate it, streaming has become an inextricable way of life for many, even for those whose content interests reside wholly outside of the realm of gaming altogether. It brings people of opposing beliefs together by affording them outlets of common ground and peak enjoyment achieved by gaming across the aisles. Hence, I riff on this idealistic state of mind expressed as representing a new gilded age for gaming, as one drunk streamer would have it. Gamertopia then is a fun farce offering insights into gamer behaviors. Think of it as having spent a scintillating evening at your local comedy club, where the comedian's shtick is serving up hot takes on absurd things gamers get up to on stream channels. Enjoy!