Yeah, I get frequent hitching and rewinding while watching live shows on iOS. I previously had this issue and it was fixed by lowering the quality, but that’s not working this time.
The use of the term influencer is jarring, to say the least given that it is more or less a marketing term. Yes, Giant Bomb are influencers in that they are targetted by companies and individuals to review games due to their reach and influence as game critics. But this is no different from any game reviewer, or even critics outside of our sphere such as Roger Ebert. It's pretty obvious that when the team use the term, they're often talking about how Youtube, Twitch, and the like have made it more possible for anyone to become an influencer and the ethical problems that can and have arisen from the fact. You're not going to see Giant Bomb put up a video series because they were paid by developers to do so, but because a quick look or a review is how they get their opinion out there.
Anyway, to me, they're both critics and personalities (although some, namely the ones outside the editorial team, are more on the personality side). And once again, I feel that this is no different from the most revered critics like Ebert.
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