A Fish Is Playing Pokemon on Twitch, and 20,000 People Are Watching

After the phenomenon Twitch Plays Pokémon took the Internet by storm in February, many wondered what could top thousands of people communally playing the beloved children's video game on the popular streaming platform, Twitch.

The answer seems to be a fish.

It's called FishPlaysPokémon, and — at the time of writing — more than 20,000 people are watching a Betta fish "play" Pokémon Blue (the first title in the Pokémon franchise).

See also: Inside the Secret World of Competitive Pokémon

Two students, Catherine Moresco and Patrick Facheris, at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, respectively, built the entire setup in 24 hours as a part of hackNY's 2014 fellowship program, which is organized by NYU and Columbia University faculty. Read more...

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