Once thought of as a male-dominated pastime, the number of women streaming and playing video games is growing rapidly.
Alyce Rocha makes her living working from home - but she doesn't have a normal nine to five.
Forget endless Teams meetings, she's spent recent weeks living the (virtual) life of an ambitious Mafia upstart in 1900s Sicily.
Such is life as a video game streamer.
Known online as Alyska, she has made gaming her full-time career, by broadcasting herself playing games live, to her combined 585,000 followers.
The appeal, she says, is "sharing an experience together".
Women content creators are helping chess shake its image as an "old man's game" and bring it into the digital age.
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Adults over the age of 50 represent nearly a third of US gamers and are becoming more visible in the mainstream
I’ve been a games journalist since 2007, but still there isn’t much video games coverage that feels like it’s specifically for…
Some are using Final Fantasy and GTA Online as dating sites and long-time lovers are finding comfort and connection through…
Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger’s video feed now allowed
