Taylor’s book provided a useful and in-depth look at the emergence and evolution of e-sports. Her discussion of the culture likely helped a lot of people (or at least some people) begin to recognize the potential, or at least the significance, of e-sports. It was interesting reading about the divide between higher and lower skilled…
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We’re eSports Now.
by Griffin H. •
Unlimited Potential
by Patrick Anderson •
Bogost’s article on what games are capable of is a very necessary read for a large swathe of people who want the medium to grow and for those who simply don’t understand the value, or at least use, of the medium. It also provides some actually useful delineations between different aspects of games’ varied aesthetics,…
Digital Anthropology and some discussions on Source
by Griffin H. •
Millennial Monsters
by Maria •
House of Leaves
by Griffin H. •
The Shock of the Old response
by Maria •
The Shock of the Old
by Griffin H. •
Reading Response and Tentative Topic for Final
by Griffin H. •
The concept of Nationalism tied to sports really does, ultimately, prove that Sports are essentially small-scale wars. I think it also creates a question of who is “playing” the game: the players, or the people with investment who watch? The way sports/body-culture have shaped propaganda and vice versa brings to question the sorts of motivations behind…