Meet the Cincinnati YouTuber who is helping create a local gaming festival


Wade Barnes is better known by his online moniker, LordMinion777. He is part of a team, including Bunbury and MidPoint Music Festivals co-founder Bill Donabedian, putting on the PiviP festival centered around video gaming and video game culture next year.

His expertise? Nearly 1.5 million people subscribe to his YouTube channel to watch him play video games.

PiviP is being kicked off with an announcement party at Envision Cinemas in Blue Ash on April 21. That will involve a mini festival of its…

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