Jimmy Kimmel Faces Wrath of YouTube Gamers
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| fortune.com |
In the video, Kimmel pokes fun at the gaming spectating trend
with spoof YouTube channels that remove the viewer further and further from the
gaming they’re watching. ‘If you’re a video game player who likes to watch
other gamers play games, where does it end?’ asks the description. It’s Kimmel’s
most disliked YouTube video to date, with 130,000+ dislikes at the time of
writing.
The trend is so popular that YouTube has created a dedicated
channel where gamers can watch other gamers play video games.
Kimmel jokes about YouTube gamer PewdiePie, whose channel
became the first to break the 10 billion views mark at the weekend. ‘There’s a
guy named PewdiePie who reportedly makes $4 million a year doing this, which is
funny because that is precisely how much you would have to pay me to sit
through one of those videos.’
But some gamers proved that they didn’t have a sense of
humour, ribbing Kimmel with a stream of abusive comments. In response to the
overwhelming reaction, he dedicated his monologue to reading some of the more venomous
comments on last Monday’s show, rekindling the debate.
Aaron Waterhouse
Aaron is a recent English graduate from Durham University who is now working as a content writer intern. An enthusiastic traveller, he hopes to become a journalist and report from around the world. Follow him @AaronAtSMF.
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