Hand in your cable box and start saving money…streaming video games is the ‘new’ HBO…
Twitch.tv – you’re welcome.
An online video streaming website that is solely dedicated to video games? Yes, that’s right. Twitch.tv has gotten so popular it’s taking the spotlight from primetime TV shows on MTV, TNT, and AMC, say Yahoo! News. But why on earth are people watching other people play video games over shows like Breaking Bad and Teen Mom?!
Currently, AMC’s most popular show is The Walking Dead, which gets plenty of tune-ins per night. The reality though…zombies walking around at a pace that’s as slow as its plot is not worthy of my ‘primetime’ TV hours. This clip proves my point.
People–such as myself–would rather be watching games like “Left 4 Dead 2.” A zombie game that not only doesn’t go at a snails-pace, but provides some intertwining jokes and thrills simultaneously.
And then there is TNT’s hit show, Franklin & Bash. You know…that show with the guy who played Zach Morris on Saved by the Bell? The sitcom about two male lawyers that tries to comically play on male stereotypes…but fails MISERABLY…
Well Twitch.tv has Rizzoli & Isles. A show about 2 female police officers that tries to break stereotypes about women…
And people like me that just can’t get enough crime drama in their TV viewing lives will certainly enjoy some Grand Theft Auto V.
Let’s face it – the MTV of ‘old is certainly not the MTV of ‘new.’ From the go-to station for music and pop culture…to the channel that exploits the now un-explainable social norms through reality TV.
