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Joseph Garrett spends his days playing Minecraft in his bedroom at his parents' house. He films himself doing this for a living. And it might just make him a fortune.
The 23-year-old has millions of young fans, gets bombarded with their daily messages, and the videos he uploads to his YouTube channel currently get more hits than One Direction and Justin Bieber. But if he walked down the street, nobody would recognise him.
Welcome to the new world of children's entertainment, where devoted gamers watch videos of other people playing so they can perfect their skills and become better players. Mr Garrett's most popular videos depict the game Minecraft, in which players construct their own virtual worlds.
The game has become such a phenomenon, his videos can attract more than 30 million hits in a week.And through picking up a small share of the advertising revenue, those huge numbers could well make the graduate a fortune - without ever leaving his bedroom.
The 23-year-old has millions of young fans, gets bombarded with their daily messages, and the videos he uploads to his YouTube channel currently get more hits than One Direction and Justin Bieber. But if he walked down the street, nobody would recognise him.
Welcome to the new world of children's entertainment, where devoted gamers watch videos of other people playing so they can perfect their skills and become better players. Mr Garrett's most popular videos depict the game Minecraft, in which players construct their own virtual worlds.
The game has become such a phenomenon, his videos can attract more than 30 million hits in a week.And through picking up a small share of the advertising revenue, those huge numbers could well make the graduate a fortune - without ever leaving his bedroom.
Minecraft gamer's YouTube hit 'more popular than Bieber'
Joseph Garrett spends his days playing Minecraft in his bedroom at his parents' house. He films himself doing this for a living. And it might just make him a fortune.
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