UALBANY’S NEW GAME DESIGN MAJOR PRESENTS…

Nathan Grayson

4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Conversation/Q&A 
Campus Center West Auditorium -University at Albany 
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany NY 12222 See map.

Nathan Grayson is one of America’s best-known video gaming journalists, and the author of Stream Big (Feb. 2025)— the definitive story of Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestream platform that has revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop culture.

With 2.5 million viewers at any given moment, Twitch is the #1 live stream platform, and often well ahead of Fox and CNN for audience share during primetime. Stream Big follows the careers of nine streamers who began as obscure video gamers and became major internet celebrities. A former reporter at the Washington Post, Grayson is a founder and reporter at the new tech and video game site, Aftermath.

Cosponsored by the new Game Design & Development related programs of UAlbany’s Information Sciences and Technology Department in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), in partnership with the Writers Institute.

Reviews of Stream Big

“A timely and insightful dive into the players and politics of one of the twenty-first century’s most influential modes of media.” —Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine and The One Device

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“Nathan Grayson is an empathetic, inquisitive reporter with an eye for great stories and the rare ability to make every sentence interesting.” —Jason Schreier, nationally bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

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​“Grayson captures the multitudes contained within Twitch while offering a captivating window into content creators’ lives…Readers will want to tune in to this.” — Publishers Weekly

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“This is not a tech book full of inaccessible billionaires or boring suits. Grayson has found the rich, fascinating characters at the heart of Twitch, with all its highs and very brutal lows. A necessary read for anyone who wants to understand the platform.” — Mark Bergen, author of Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise To World Domination

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“Nathan Grayson’s Stream Big is an authoritative and comprehensive exploration of the gaming world and a must read for anyone seeking to understand the streaming landscape today. Grayson's unique access to key figures in the industry, along with his years of experience as a journalist, allows readers an inside look at the forces shaping modern gaming and internet culture.” —Taylor Lorenz, host of Power User