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Trending: Playing it Safe

Playing it Safe

11/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Playing it Safe

Playing it safe - the death of a famous gamer shocks the online streaming community.

Playing it safe - how the death of a famous gamer has shocked the online streaming community. And the poet with OCD, whose poem about love has gone viral twice.

Twitch is a live video streaming platform used widely in the gaming community. The death of a well-known gamer has opened a huge debate about player safety.
 
And we look at poet Neil Hilborn who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. His poem about the difficulties of dating went viral again for the second time.
 
Produced by Will Yates and Anisa Subedar

Image: Silhouette of gamer / Credit: Shutterstock

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