Battle Royalties

You're hanging out with your friends and take out your mobile phone to show them something. Before you can get to the site, one of your friends notices the carrier and proceeds to berate you for going with that other company that came after their own carrier. How could you support such a dishonest practice … Continue reading Battle Royalties →

Copyright Revisited

I wrote a blog about copyright. I am happy with its content (perhaps not the style) but given the latest streaming controversy I thought it would be good to revisit the topic and make some ideas more explicit. Because so much of this topic deals with the recognition of an author's work, I would like … Continue reading Copyright Revisited →

Advice

Given that this blog is still connected to my Twitch channel which seems to anchor all my other online encounters, I wanted to talk a little bit about advice. Specifically, I wanted to talk about the kind of advice you get on the internet, and how generally careless we seem to be about who we ask … Continue reading Advice →

An Updated Version of the Backseating Article For Those Who Thought I Went Too Deep

Failing streamers try to cash in on my ratings with backseats. LOSERS should find their own crowd. Already know how to win. Sad! (You can read the original here)

The Secret Reason Your Favourite Streamer Hates You: Backseating

Introduction This article is the first in an intended series on 'viewers behaving badly.' I say intended because I am familiar with the frustration that comes from an author proposing a series only to leave it unfinished and so take David Kreps' approach in his Microeconomics Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets: advertise the proposed series (a … Continue reading The Secret Reason Your Favourite Streamer Hates You: Backseating →

Streaming Other People’s IP: Are Streamers Any Good at Selling Games?

Twitch broadcasting lives in a bit of a weird space so far as intellectual property (IP) is concerned. While obviously I do not have any legal credentials to back this up, I think it’s safe to say that most gaming content that is broadcast is infringing. While this is open to debate, mostly centring around … Continue reading Streaming Other People’s IP: Are Streamers Any Good at Selling Games? →

What’s in a Name: The Case of ‘Metrics

While it is hard to think of an econometrics book being popular in any traditional sense of the term, the best candidate for a popular econometrics textbook is Josh Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke's Mostly Harmless Econometrics (MHE). The title is a deliberate reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and communicates the irreverent tone taken in … Continue reading What’s in a Name: The Case of ‘Metrics →

Talking on Stream

Whatever failings I may have as a streamer, one fairly consistent (positive) comment I've gotten has been my ability to keep talking. It's easy for someone of my temperament to fall into a reflective 'chicken or egg' cycle regarding my format and my ability to talk, but if I'm honest with myself I can say … Continue reading Talking on Stream →