Everyone:

Next week, we will briefly discuss video game culture and eSports.

Readings

For this week, you are to read the following articles:

Culture

• Sexism, Lies and Video Games: The Culture War Nobody Is Winning

• Gamer culture is so toxic that "being candid in public is dangerous" for developers

• what does it mean to be a woman in gaming culture

• GamerGate to Trump: How video game culture blew everything up

eSports

• Esports Zerg-Rush the Olympics—But Can They Become Official Events?

• More People Watched the 'League of Legends' Video Game Championship Than the World Series

• Professional Competitive Gaming on the Rise, Overwatch Shows Olympic Potential

• The rise of eSports: are addiction and corruption the price of its success?

Presentations

On Tuesday, we will have the following presentations:

• Brandon - AI

• Rob + Happy - Toxicity in Gaming

• Melina + Julianna - Diversity

• Jose - Point-and-click Decision making

• Matt Fabian - Jackbox TV

On Thursday, we will have the following presentations:

• Rob - E-Sports

• Brooks - Halo

• Paul - Starcraft

• Chris Bury - EA Games

• James + Matt - NCAA

Reflection

For this upcoming week, you are to consider the following question:

What do you think of eSports or competitive video gaming? Are you a competitor or a spectator? If so, which games? Is esports something that will reach the level of an Olympic event and should it receive the same level of recognition and support as other types of competitive activities?

To answer these questions, you should watch some videos of an eSports competition (or even participate in one) and use that experience to reflect on the questions above.