The streamer Jerma985 is creating huge, surreal productions for hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch. After his latest big show, a baseball game between clowns and magicians, we ask how-and why?

The streamer Jerma985 is creating huge, surreal productions for hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch. After his latest big show, a baseball game between clowns and magicians, we ask how-and why?

What people know about Jerma is that he gained popularity on YouTube for his Team Fortress 2 videos in the early 2010s. He transitioned to Twitch in the later half of the decade, streaming games ...

Jerma, a Twitch streamer famous for his elaborate pranks and borderline surreal streams, has outdone himself again. In what looks like an eerie, modern version of The Truman Show, Jerma has placed ...

He is a well-known variety gamer, having played over 770 titles on his channel. At the time of writing, Jerma boasted 1,442,712 followers and averaged more than 19.1k viewers per stream.

The entire thing takes place on a set that makes it feel like an old sitcom or MTV social experiment from the early 2000s. Absolutely everything Jerma does is controlled by the viewers thanks to ...

A player is forced to dress up as a baby by the opposing team during Jerma's baseball livestream. Image: 2ndJerma/Screenshot by NPR.