E-sports history project

Over the years I’ve been fortunate to get to run several e-sports workshops that have brought in key folks in the scene to discuss critical issues. The first, called E-sports and Cyberathleticism (I know I know, forgive that “cyber” bit!)  was co-run in 2009 at Stanford (while I was on sabbatical there) with the fantastic…

Chronicle on collegiate e-sports

I was quoted in a short piece at the Chronicle of Higher Ed on the emerging collegiate e-sports scene. I found it interesting that what I think of as the newspaper for academics was taking this up. One clarification from the piece, I do actually think gaming in college spaces is growing, my point to…

Women in e-sports

We’ve seen big growth in e-sports in the last several years as platforms like Twitch have made it much easier to both broadcast and spectate, easier to become a fan or perhaps even imagine yourself competing one day. Growth moments are opportunities to look back at history and think about where we are going. Part…

Interviewed for German public broadcasting

I was recently interviewed for Deutschlandfunk (radio) for a long-form piece they were doing on e-sports. Perhaps of interest to those of you who can understand German! “Vom Sport mit Maus und Tastatur“

Collegiate e-sports at GDC

I was fortunate to get to be a part of the first dedicated summit on e-sports at GDC this year. It’s been a long time coming in my opinion and big kudos to Lil Chen, Patrick Miller, Frank Lantz, and Rod Breslau for organizing it. Jesse Sell and I presented on collegiate e-sports and a…