Like a lot of people in March 2020, Kacey Anderson was bored at home.
The stay-at-home orders had gone out at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Anderson, who works in marketing for the Chicago Fire, was about to make a decision that would change her life.
She started streaming video games on Twitch.
“I was like, well, I’m home all the time,” Anderson tells Hot Time in Old Town. “I bought like the bare minimum stream and I was streaming from my couch for a while. I think it’s really fun.