On the computer screen, a campy-looking pirate jiggles his left leg impatiently, swigging occasionally from a tumbler of rum. In front of him, dark skies pour rain above a swirling sea. The pirate jumps into a boat and heads into the waves — getting ready to attack and board a rival ship.

The soundtrack to this digital drama is a constant, giggling commentary by a young goateed man — talking into a microphone and wearing a pair of headphones over a baseball cap.

HitboTC (“Gamer, family man and full-time nerd,” according to his social media bio ) is simultaneously playing pirates with his friends — on the wildly popular “Sea of Thieves,” which has reportedly sold 1.8 million copies on PlayStation alone since it launched last year — all while communicating with the other players via his

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