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Twitch plays Pokemon: When 1m people came together to complete the game

Ever squabbled with friends and family over who gets to take ownership of the remote control? Well how about if there were 120,000 people trying to grab hold of it at the same time?When the totally unofficial Twitch Plays Pokemon was launched, this is essentially what happened. Over a 16 day period, more than a million people pitched in to play one game. Chaos ensuedThree years after the stream ended, we're still trying to get our head around it. So how was it that the totally flawed game captured the gaming world's attention?

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