A number of positive things came out of February’s GameBlast19 event, an annual gaming marathon in honour of SpecialEffect. We played video games for 24-hours straight to raise funds and awareness for this amazing charity; had the opportunity to support them in their mission to help many more physically-disabled gamers around the UK; and even received an invitation to become a Twitch Affiliate.

It’s not something I’ve been aiming for but with all the extended stream tests completed before the marathon itself, it just sort of happened. During a 12-hour playthrough of The Elder Scrolls Online I received the notification that the Later Levels channel had hit all requirements: over 500 minutes broadcast in the last month, seven unique broadcast days in the same period and an average of at least three concurrent viewers. (Big thank-yous to Tim and Jake from GeekOut South-West, TriformTrinity and Nana…