This week Alisha and Sam (@saffista) are joined by the fabulous T.L. Taylor (@ybika) as we talk about E-Sports, live streaming, and her new book Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming.

Episode Note: there is a brief segment in recording where the audio goes wonky (yes, that is the technical term), we have reduced the distortion as much as possible but rest assured it lasts less than 2 minutes.

What We're Playing:

Classic Wow Beta
Life is Strange 2
Old Man's Journey
Fallout 76 (beta)
Slay the Spire

What We're Reading:

Watch Me Play - TL Taylor
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown
Post, Mine, Repeat: Social Media Data Mining Becomes Ordinary - Helen Kennedy

What We're Drinking:

Sparkling Water
Ciderboys Pineapple Cider
Pink tea and Eddy's Peach Vodka

Links of Note:

Watch Me Play Site 
Sam in Mixer

Episode Note: there is a brief segment in recording where the audio goes wonky, we have reduced the distortion as much as possible but rest assured it lasts less than 2 minutes.