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…

In through the back door

I’ve been thinking about writing this post for awhile. I hadn’t before because, as perhaps the title suggests, it never quite seemed I was on solid enough ground to. I remember hearing over the years how people felt once they got tenure. A sigh of relief, a feeling of recognition, the sense they had made…

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…