ASMR Is Infiltrating Video Games

If you have never heard of ASMR, it stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Some describe it as a tingly, mildly euphoric sensation that usually starts on the scalp and moves down the back and spine. It is usually triggered by certain sounds, like fingers running over a hairbrush, the snip of scissors cutting hair, or whispering.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”14″] “If you’ve never watched an ASMR video before, I totally understand why you might look at one of these and say, ‘What the heck is going on here? Why is this guy whispering? Why is this lady touching the camera?'” said Nick (who asked us to withhold his last name). He runs a YouTube channel called The ASMR Nerd. “And I get that, because when I first started watching intentional ASMR videos, I thought they were really weird, too.”[/perfectpullquote]