Episode 182: Just Watch Me!: A Conversation With T.L. Taylor

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 BetaLife is Strange 2Old Man's JourneyFallout 76 (beta)Slay the SpireWhat We're Reading:Watch Me Play - TL TaylorI'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing BrownPost, Mine, Repeat: Social Media Data Mining Becomes Ordinary - Helen KennedyWhat We're Drinking:Sparkling WaterCiderboys Pineapple CiderPink tea and Eddy's Peach VodkaLinks of Note:Watch Me Play Site Sam in MixerEpisode 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.