


“Among Us is a great place to talk about really anything you want to get out there. “Virtual organizing is really popping off right now,” said Cameron Kasky, 19, a student and activist. 20, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar played the game on Twitch hundreds of thousands of people tuned in to watch on Ms. MoveOn, a progressive advocacy organization and political action committee has been streaming Among Us games on Twitch with organizations like Justice Democrats and Crooked Media and well-known activists to encourage young viewers to vote. When someone is accusing you of killing a friend in the game, you get a peek into how they actually are, as opposed to how they want to present themselves,” he said.Īlready, people are leveraging excitement around the game for political ends. “There’s a barrier that gets lowered when there’s heightened emotions. It’s designed for streamers to play off one another and they can also have streams where all of them are streaming on separate channels with their audiences speculating on chat about which person is an impostor.” “It brings back the spirit of being around your friends. “The game is about deception and the personalities of people playing,” Mr. Viewers get to see influencers let their guards down and express how they really are. MY FAV SONG IN THE HOLE WIDE WOARLD IS Among Us in real life (sus, sus) Among Us in real life (sus, sus) Playing Among Us in real life, spaceship with my. Nathan Grayson, a writer at gaming site Kotaku, said that the game was uniquely designed in a way that makes it far more entertaining to watch than your average first person shooter game. Twitch fans have watched more than 200 million hours worth of Among Us gameplay on the platform so far this year. “If anyone had any doubt that Twitch streamers were influencers before now, we’ve proven that to be true,” said Erin Wayne, director of community and creator marketing at Twitch.

Throughout the game’s ascendance, streamers on Twitch continue to power it all.
