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‘Jedi Academy’ Was the Game That Helped Me Come Out of the Closet
Telling a bunch of random internet nerds seemed the least perilous course of action, and with a handful of keystrokes, I was out.
A Norwegian Public School Has Added eSports to Its Curriculum
Why play football when you can slaughter orcs in the name of education?
We Hung Out With eSports Fans to Watch the ‘League of Legends’ World Championship Final in Berlin
Imagine chess meets the Champions League, albeit a million times more massive than that would be.
Burn Bright, Burn Brief: On the Fleeting Fame of eSports Stars
Going professional is a dream for many gamers – but the risk of burn out is a very real one, with few players making it to their mid-20s.
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In the final part of eSports, we join 40,000 screaming fans at the League of Legends world final – the highest-attended eSports match in history.
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In Part Two, we get a crash course from a professional gaming commentator, take a trip to gaming rehab and try on character costumes at the HQ of South Korea's best cosplay team.
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Giant stadiums, teenage millionaires, super-fans and addiction: welcome to the world of eSports.
eMatch-Fixing: Why Poverty and Chaos is Driving Pro-Gamers to Risk Everything
When pro-players gain the fame but not the fortune, it's easy for their heads to be turned by rigging matches.
Explaining eSports To a Dumbass
Ahead of the Halo Championship Series' "Battle of Europe", I asked a pro-player and the EGL founder to talk me through the business of eSports.
Why Aren’t There More TV Shows About Video Games?
Adam Mason is the producer of Videogame Nation, the only free-to-view UK TV show dedicated to games. But he wants to see more.
Video Games Rule the World, So You Should Probably Just Embrace eSports Already
Traditional broadcasting's downward spiral can't hold back the rise and rise of eSports.
Cry-Baby of the Week
This week: The cops who arrested a kid over a Facebook comment Vs. the cops who arrested a guy over pavement chalk.