Minecraft Star Stampy Cat To Deliver RSE Christmas Lecture

Minecraft star Stampy Cat to deliver RSE Christmas lecture

27 November 2015.

YouTube and Minecraft legend Stampy Cat will deliver a lecture to 2,000 Dundee schoolchildren.

Stampy - whose real title is Joseph Garrett will give Monday's Royal Society of Edinburgh Christmas lecture at Caird hall.

The creator of "Let's Play" videos in Minecraft and other games has over 6.7m subscribers to his YouTube channel.

Next Thursday, the lecture will only be available on BBC iPlayer.

BBC Scotland said Minecraft fans would, for the first time, be able to see Stampy demonstrate how he makes his videos during a session with Dundee games entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl.

Stampy will be sharing his experiences in creating his Christmas special.all about video games He will also share some insight into his personal life and his career, which has led him to become one of YouTube's most popular YouTubers.

Mr van der Kuyl said Stampy was the "epitome of the 21st Century digital native" who would inspire audiences whatever their age.

"Stampy is an inspiration to a whole new generation of young people who can clearly see that future careers will rely on a unique blend of talents, creativity, technical and design skills that can be mastered by everyone," he added.

The RSE lecture, part of BBC Make it Digital initiative, will be shown to encourage digital creativity in young people.

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