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Why Is LET'S PLAY So Huge? | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2013-09-03
- Category:Education
- Channel:PBS Game/Show
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- description: The idea of watching a stranger play a video game for hours seems counterintuitive to many. But they are actually quite popular. HUGELY POPULAR, in fact. Let's Play Video creator Pewdiepie currently holds the record for most subscribers, with over 12 MILLION!!! Considering that people could just play the games themselves, what's behind the immense popularity of Let's Play Videos? Is it about learning game strategies? Entertainment? Community? Mind Control?! Watch the episode and find out! Link: http://www.amazon.com/Arcade-Mania-Turbo-charged-Japans-Centers/dp/4770030789/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378239064&sr=1-2 Music: "Passionate Video Game Hero" by Leokuon - https://soundcloud.com/leokuon/03-passionate-video-game-hero "Copycat (Sunrise Mix)" by Ic2m4n - http://ccmixter.org/files/Ic3m4n/15730 "Recommencer" by DoKashiteru - http://ccmixter.org/files/DoKashiteru/20513 "Rainbow Road Reborn (Super Mario Kart Remix) by DJ Bouche - https://soundcloud.com/dj-bouche/super-mario-kart-rainbow-road "Castles in an 8-bit sky" by dan2600 - https://soundcloud.com/dan2600/castles-in-an-8-bit-sky "CJVSO - oh damn!" by downpitched - https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn Special thanks to Iain Andrews for the awesome background images: http://enwandrews.tumblr.com/ What do you think about the show? We're dying for feedback. Tweet at us! @pbsgameshow Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)
| ranked in date | views | likes | Comments | ranked in country (#position) |
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| 2013-09-05 | 26,717 | 360 | 215 |
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| 2013-09-06 | 78,491 | 618 | 411 |
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| 2013-09-07 | 86,894 | 668 | 453 |
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| 2013-09-08 | 92,813 | 705 | 482 |
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| 2013-09-10 | 96,346 | 759 | 532 |
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| 2013-09-11 | 97,715 | 783 | 536 |
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| 2013-09-12 | 98,970 | 801 | 542 |
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