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Potential Idea for Wikipedia article:

Hyper RPG - I want to produce an article to serve as a root article on Wikipedia over the game streaming channel/show Hyper RPG. This channel serves as a livestreaming entertainment source, much like Critical Role, and similar smaller streams. The premise is a group of people getting together to play a tabletop rpg, much like Dungeons & Dragons, but the channel both plays different games, and around different kinds of themes and stories. Notably they create shows over licensed material, such as a Power Rangers, and Rat Queens rpg show. I do know that some of their shows have Wikipedia articles, such as Power Rangers Hyperforce, but there is no general article for the channel itself.

Hyper RPG
Hyper RPG (Hyper Rabbit Power Go) is an entertainment channel that streams live tabletop games, reviews and talk shows every weekday on Twitch. Each show has different casts but can often feature returning players and special guest stars.

Background
Founded in February 2016 Hyper RPG was created in cooperation with Harebrained Schemes, a video game developer responsible for the Shadowrun Returns and Battletech computer games. They broadcasted their first show, a Battletech tabletop game titled Death From Above on March 3, 2016. In December of 2018 Hyper RPG CCO Zac Eubank announced via YouTube Video the company would be moving to a new studio after a noticeable absence of content. Hyper RPG now boasts two to four videos a day on Twitchand many of their shows also airing on, and archived at YouTube.

Format and Other Shows
Role-playing Games - The role-playing games featured on Hyper RPG range from standard Dungeons & Dragons to licensed setting material much like Power Rangers Hyper Force. Often these shows will feature a game master and four to five players, with an occasional guest depending on the game. Many of their shows feature heavy viewer participation where participants can donate to the channel to earn the players a power-up or extra roll. Larger donations may initiate plot twists in the story, causing further drama to unfold. Each episode regardless of game will often run between 2 and 3 hours, with a short intermission somewhere in the middle of the broadcast.

Reviews - Review shows covering television shows, movies, books and general pop culture and often with a rotating panel of guests and regular members.Typically these will air when a notable pop-culture event is released.

Talk Shows - General forum for news, pop talk and the opinions of the guests and hosts. Many of their talk shows air daily, often before or after a related show, with the Coffee & Comics airing on Wednesdays.

Podcast - Hyper Heroes is a podcast form of some of the non-role-playing game shows. The Podcast has been active since August 1, 2017

Weekly Update - Every Monday a member of the team will break down the schedule for the week and share channel news.

Kollok 1991
Recent show Kollok 1991 is inspired by such shows as Stranger Things, X-Files, and Twin Peaks. Kollok utilizes the game system Kids On Bikes, a game system designed to replicate the Stephen King style of storytelling, of children banding together to face some unspeakable evil that the grown-ups don't even see. Kollok features Twin Peaks actor Ray Wise as part of the introduction. Wise was a guest star in a previous Hyper RPG show, 10 Candles.

Other Gaming Shows
Much like Power Rangers Hyperforce various licensed shows feature games set in various existing worlds. Games such as The Banner Saga, Pencils and Parsecs and Rat Queens. These shows follow a similar format to Power Rangers Hyperforce, run about as long and feature a primary cast with occasional guests. Hyper RPG also plays some classic Role-playing games such as Warhammer 40K and Shadowrun.