Indie Illuminator - Scarizard

Once again, I’d like to use this week’s Indie Illuminator post to highlight a wonderful Twitch streamer with a growing viewer count: Scarizard! If you play League of Legends, the name might sound familiar. Scarizard worked for several years with Riot Games and played a big role in communicating with players. He provided plenty of puns in the game’s frequent patch notes, while also participating in design and Q&A streams that gave players deeper insight into Riot’s gameplay decisions.

Image from Scarizard's Twitch page.

This past year, Scarizard left Riot to pursue some personal projects. One of those projects is “the Backlog.” Many gamers start to pile up a backlog of games, hoarding games because they’re on sale or sound interesting. Scarizard put together a list of 50 wildly distinct games that he was unable to play because of work and other constraints. And now he’s been playing those 50 games over the course of 2017 and streaming his progress through the backlog.

Some streamers tend to stick to one or two games, but other streamers—often called variety streamers—play a variety of games for their audience. If you’re looking for a talented variety streamer with a great sense of humor, a strong rapport with his chat audience, and a marvelous beard, Scarizard is definitely your man. He streams most days from around 12-9 PT if you want to check out his stream.