I've heard of most of those things (except "CS:GO"). I have directly experienced some of them. My parents
I don't think "famous" is the same as "mainstream". For one thing, anything captured in digital form can break out to "famous" from any niche, using Internet's multiplicative effect. Is Psy mainstream because one of his hundreds of songs got a billion views on YouTube? Or is "Gangnam Style" mainstream, while Psy is niche?
I don't think "famous" is the same as "mainstream". For one thing, anything captured in digital form can break out to "famous" from any niche, using Internet's multiplicative effect. Is Psy mainstream because one of his hundreds of songs got a billion views on YouTube? Or is "Gangnam Style" mainstream, while Psy is niche?