Kelsey Impicciche
Personal information
Born (1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 32)
YouTube information
Channel
GenreGaming
Subscribers845,000[1]
(June 2023)
Total views91 million[1]
(June 2023)
100,000 subscribers

Kelsey Impicciche is an American YouTuber. She made gaming content on BuzzFeed Multiplayer before leaving the company in 2021. She is known for her videos in which she completed the '100 Baby Challenge' in The Sims 4.

Career

Impicciche worked for BuzzFeed and, in 2017, helped to develop BuzzFeed Multiplayer, a YouTube channel of BuzzFeed focused on gaming.[2] Beginning in December 2018, she created a video series for Multiplayer in which she played the '100 Baby Challenge' in The Sims 4.[3] This series was titled, Single Girl Tries The 100 Baby Challenge.[2] The challenge requires the player to have a Sim give birth to 100 babies, each from a different partner, in as few generations as possible.[4][5][6]

In 2020, Impicciche was a judge on the reality show, The Sims Spark'd.[7][3] She is also an ambassador for the online gaming community, Paidia.[8]

Impicciche left BuzzFeed in March 2021[9] after finishing the 100 Baby Challenge. Prior to leaving, she began shifting her focus towards creating content on her personal channel, originally called Kelsey Dangerous.[2] She later renamed the channel to Kelsey Impicciche. As of November 2021, Impicciche has over 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel and over 120,000 followers on Twitch.[10] She also voices Boe in "The Land Of Boggs."

References

  1. ^ a b "About Kelsey Impicciche". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c Jenna, Brillhart (May 3, 2021). "How A Professional "Sims" Player Stays Sane While Being "A Woman On The Internet"". HelloGiggles. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Schiesel, Seth (July 15, 2020). "The Sims Is Bringing Its Inclusive Spirit to TV". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Patel, Sahil (May 10, 2019). "BuzzFeed's video strategy moves to more TV-like digital shows tied to verticals". Digiday. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ Meagher, Aoife (August 8, 2019). "The Sims 4 100 Baby Challenge and the humanizing aspects of streaming". GameRevolution. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  6. ^ Morrison, Sean (May 11, 2020). "Stuck inside with: The Sims 4". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  7. ^ Beresford, Trilby (July 8, 2020). "'The Sims' Players Take Center Stage in TBS Reality Competition Show". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  8. ^ Brown, Shelby (November 10, 2021). "Paidia gaming community promises safe space for female gamers and their allies". CNET. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  9. ^ GLHF (November 3, 2021). "Streamers reflect on 'The Sims' 100 Baby Challenge being officially recognized by EA". For The Win. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  10. ^ Solá-Santiago, Frances (April 1, 2022). "Why Virtual Avatars Are Poised To Be The New Trendsetters". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.

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