PLAYING THE GAME: E-SPORTS STRUGGLE TO

FIND ITSELF

By

Joshua Almond

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Topic: E-sports

Focus: Implications of the shift to the virtual world

and leisure becoming sport.

Method: Political Economy and Textual Analysis

Target of Analysis: e-sports (StarCraft 2 Fans)

Goals: To better understand the world of E-sports

and the implications of this new medium

QUOTES

“The power of computer games is seen first and

foremost as located in the way they ask us to interact

with them, to be engaged” (Taylor 2012, 190).

“It is also important to recognize the social nature

of gaming, which has been facilitated by greater

technological sophistication (e.g., multiplayer and

online gaming)” (Bryce and Rutter 2003, 12).

WHAT I LEARNED…

The world of e-sports is big, and ever changing.

It is at the cross section of many different forms of

media.

It takes place in the virtual world.

It has become more and more popular as society

moves toward being comfortable in a virtual space.