Minecraft costumes and bewildered parents: a YouTuber at the UK's biggest games event

Edit The Guardian 30 Aug 2016
Yogscast Kim has signed everything from phone covers to a bag of Tabasco sauce, but she’s still amazed that fans queue for hours to meet vloggers as they did at Insomnia 58. “You’re a lot shorter in real life than I thought!” says the teenager in front of me, grinning nervously ... It’s given the Yogscast the space for our own signing booth, where I spent this weekend, sat behind a table, next to my pile of Sharpies....

The Most Hardcore Ways To Play Minecraft

Edit Kotaku 12 Aug 2016
In 2011, the popular YouTube channel Yogscast tried their hand at a “Survival Island” custom map, which spawns you on an inhospitable patch of dirt and tasks you with staying alive ... The Yogscast, again, has some of the best survival series around, including a set of videos about their crack at SkyBlock on Hardcore, a multiplayer series, and one particularly hilarious game set on the back of a flying whale....

Floored with gratitude: a thank you message (ILGA - International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jul 2016
This is why we are deeply humbled that many of you, in the past weeks, have decided to endorse our efforts ... to the fight to stamp out violence and discrimination against LGBTI people worldwide ... A special shout goes to The Yogscast, a network of YouTube broadcasters who produce gaming-related video content....

5 Facts You Didn’t Know About ‘Game Of Thrones’ Hodor

Edit Hollywood 03 Jun 2016
Here are a few things you didn’t know about Hodor! (Or rather, Kristian Nairn who played the gentle giant.) ... When asked about the difficulty of portraying a character with the vocabulary of a single word, Kristian Nairn said in an interview with Yahoo News Australia, ... Hodor is a fan of Yogscast ... Nairn has stated that he’s a big fan of Yogscast and has listened to all of the YoGPoDs....

GTA on YouTube: Favorite VERSUS MISSION Videos with Achievement Hunter, The Sidemen & More (Rockstar Games Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
Acquaint (or re-acquaint) yourself with these combative missions by watching the likes of Lui Calibre, The Sidemen, Smosh Games and the Achievement Hunter gang tackle them - and then bookmark them for play yourself with handy direct links to the specific missions played below each video ... Our friends Yogscast Lewis, Simon and Sips also tried their hand at outrunning the Lazers in this great vid also worth a watch....

How Rooster Teeth went from raising money on IndieGogo to releasing a movie on YouTube Red

Edit Mashable 09 Feb 2016
The subscription streaming service's first slate of originals launches Wednesday, Feb ... The company, which was acquired by digital entertainment company Fullscreen in 2014, has now amassed more than 20 million subscribers to its YouTube Network as well as 3 million unique monthly visitors to its RoosterTeeth.com hub and 1.8 million registered community members ... — The Yogscast (@yogscast) January 27, 2016....

PS4 Outsells Xbox One Again, Kojima Leaves Konami, High-Power PS4 Model

Edit Gamespot 24 Oct 2015
THE BIG STUFF. ... Sony's PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console in the US during September, the company announced this week as part of the monthly NPD report. The Xbox One was no slouch, though, as sales grew year-over-year and the platform continues to perform well ... [Full story]THE OTHER STUFF. ... Get the full story here at Develop ... Here's a cool timelapse video showing off how the folks at Yogscast made a Fallout 4 mural....

Play FIFA 16, Homefront: The Revolution, Battleborn and Rock band 4 first at Insomnia55 (Game ...

Edit Public Technologies 25 Aug 2015
The Revolution, Battleborn and Rock band 4 first at Insomnia55 ... Insomnia55 brings attendees closer to the action than ever before, with Microsoft's stunning Gears of War ... From Yogscast, Lewis, Sjin, Duncan, Sips, Hannah, Martyn, Hat Films and Turps will be sharing some of their unique insight into gaming culture, while stars such as Syndicate and The Diamond Minecraft return after attending previous Insomnia festivals ... The Revolution....

Playful bringing Lucky's Tale, Creativerse and freebies to PAX Prime Play both games, meet the creators and get free t-shirts and games at booth #6503

Edit PR Newswire 20 Aug 2015
You can also meet the games' creators and pick up a free t-shirt and Steam code for Creativerse (a $19.99 value) while supplies last ... Prominent Youtubers have been raving about the game; Yogscast called it "so satisfying" and "really really fricking cool!" Currently in Early Access on Steam, Creativerse has a "Very Positive" 89% rating and is set to officially launch as a free-to-play title later this year....

Insomnia55 welcomes the stars of YouTube and Twitch (Game Digital plc)

Edit noodls 10 Jun 2015
Insomnia55 welcomes the stars of YouTube and Twitch. The Yogscast, The Sidemen, Syndicate and Ali-A among myriad of online gaming superstars appearing at Ricoh Arena this coming August ... With billions of views and tens of millions of subscribers, The Yogscast group will be heading to the UK's home of esports and gaming culture, Insomnia55 ... The original issuer is solely responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein....

Minecraft videos - why are they so addictive?

Edit BBC News 14 May 2015
From the section Technology. Minecraft, the online world that most parents simply don't understand, is now officially the most watched game of all time on YouTube. According to the video-sharing site, the game that allows children to build worlds made out of blocks - a bit like Lego - has also become the most searched-for term, behind "music" ... One father, explaining his decision to limit his twin boys' access to the game, said simply....

Should parents ever worry about Minecraft?

Edit BBC News 30 Mar 2015
In the space of a few years, the computer game Minecraft has come to dominate the spare hours of millions of children, and has even entered the classroom ... You can walk among your own creations, and play online with other people who are in the same world ... The statistics are astounding - one group of Minecraft gamers, Yogscast, based in Bristol, is watched for 37 million minutes every day, and they are not the biggest....

Parents! Focus less on worrying about Minecraft and more on understanding it

Edit The Guardian 30 Mar 2015
Titled Should parents ever worry about Minecraft? it includes a number of questions about whether Minecraft is entirely healthy for kids, from addiction and lessening interest in the real world through to the prospect of “children being digitally mugged” by other players ... the fact that children don’t just play, but they also watch other people play through YouTube channels like Stampy and Yogscast ... The Guardian....
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