Interchangeable

Nikki Benz and Missy Martinez—performers in adult entertainment, titles like Wetter Is Better 4 and such—did a Let’s Play of Mafia III. So porn actresses played a video game on camera and talked about it, which is exactly as absurd as it sounds until you realize it’s barely absurd at all.

Gaming streams are this weird thing where you just watch someone else play a game. Nobody questions why anymore. The person’s funny, or their voice is soothing, or you just like hanging around them parasocially. The barrier to entry is nothing. Get a camera, hit record, talk. So of course porn performers are doing this. They’re already used to being on camera, already have an audience that’ll follow them anywhere, already understand the parasocial dynamic.

I watched a couple minutes out of pure curiosity. They were bad at Mafia III, made predictable jokes, had no chemistry. It was exactly as forgettable as any other Let’s Play. The fact that they do porn didn’t add anything or change anything. They were just people struggling to find an exit and talking about it.

That’s the thing now. A porn actress doing a Let’s Play is as unremarkable as anyone else doing a Let’s Play. Categories don’t mean anything anymore.