The Future Of Gaming And Erotic Work — The ‘NPC Streaming’ TikTok Trend
What the ‘NPC streaming’ TikTok trend spells for the future of gaming and erotic work.
“Yes, yes… mmm, mmm ice cream so good,” coos a platinum-haired woman known on TikTok as Pinkydoll. Holding a hair straightener, she plays with popcorn kernels and audibly pops her lips. Your screen brightens with emojis of food, roses and stars purchased by her audience. What are we watching? Why?
Livestreaming represents an increasingly important part of social media. (KnowYourMeme), CC BY
Pinkydoll is a Montréal-based social media creator who has become the face of TikTok’s latest trend: NPC streaming. The trend draws its name from the non-playable characters (NPCs) of video games. Think of background characters that might perform a few preprogrammed lines or actions.
NPC streamers perform...