EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Many of us are familiar with video games as a way to relax. However, the relatively new Blugold eSports Club at UW-Eau Claire is taking a more competitive approach. As many of those members explained, esports are about more than simply playing video games.
When most people think about sports, it's usually football or basketball or baseball. But a new type of sport is gaining popularity worldwide. At UW- Eau Claire, Competitive Sports Coordinator Garrett Larson says esports are on the same level as other sports.
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We Need More Horror-Injected Video Games
Titles that take horror in an unusual direction present new ways to explore the psychological and philosophical themes rooted within the horror genre. Forced into a different perspective, developers must think of new ways to unsettle the player.
Horror doesn't have to be cheap. Games like Othercide, which blend horror with other genres, are exactly what this industry needs. | Credit: Bodnar Taras/Shutterstock.com
Then we have first-person horror titles that leave you without a weapon. The idea was novel with Outlast, Amnesia, and Five Nights at Freddie's, but these games are everywhere now.
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Illinois Wesleyan University student Eddy Kimbrough, right, plays "League of Legends" in the IWU Esports Arena at the Hansen Student Center in Bloomington. Illinois Wesleyan has had a varsity team competing since fall 2018.
Esports teams battle in "League of Legends" during last month's Bloomington-Normal Video Game Convention and Sixty Six Games Expo at Grossinger Motors Arena.
Illinois State University's esports program currently meets in the Digital Innovation, Graphics and Gaming Studio at ISU's Julian Hall in Normal. However, a new facility for the program is under construction on the second floor of the Student Fitness Center.
Steven M. Sipple: Ahman Green finds joy in video games.
Ahman Green has put football behind him and has entered the gaming world as the first-ever head coach of Lakeland (Wisconsin) University's startup esports program.
Ahman Green is introduced as Lakeland's esports coach. Green, who ranks third on Nebraska's all-time rushing list, is the university's first-ever coach.
There's a flourishing world out there -- the video-game world -- of which some of us have only scant knowledge.
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Building, Not Following: Creative Video Games as the New Social Media
The scale of multiplayer video games has grown over the years, upping the player count from split-screen in Goldeneye to MMORPG experiences in World of Warcraft and battle royales in Fortnite . Today's gamers, particularly younger ones, are part of huge online networks of friends, collaborators, and friendly competitors. As traditional social media use stagnates among their age group, collaborative and socially-oriented video games are taking the place of more traditional platforms.
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The Best Video Games That Got Second Chances Through Updates | Digital Trends
If at first a game doesn't succeed, it can always try again. With content updates and patches now standard across all platforms, the game released on launch day is no longer its final form.
This means studios can eventually turn a flawed game into something worthwhile. It’s already happened several times over the last decade, with BioWare’s coming Anthem overhaul being the latest example. It’s turned good games into great games and, at times, managed to save complete disasters. These are the biggest second-chance successes.
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.@GenG's CS:GO team is looking to prove the doubters wrong with a dominant Day 1 performance at Dreamhack Open Anah… https://t.co/gSrZhBPgLa ESPN_Esports Sun Feb 23 04:44:04 +0000 2020
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