Opinion: World Chase Tag is an Esport — Hear Me Out – The Esports Observer

Over the last 18 months or so, we’ve seen Twitch really open up more to traditional sports content. More athletes are streaming on the platform than ever before, there’s a whole category dedicated to sports, and workout streams are becoming more and more common. Twitch even held its own powerlifting competition. This embrace of traditional […]

Game Infarcer: Opinion – I Am Not Entertained

When Sony and Microsoft launched their next-gen consoles last fall, you foolishly assumed they were better. As you waited in online purchase queues, you said, “Oh, it’s totally okay that there are basically no new or exclusive games for these systems I am trying to pay hundreds of dollars for!” But as a gaming journalist, […]

Opinion: Women Are Steering This Ship We Call Esports

XSET co-owner, esports and gaming host, and PUMA Esports ambassador Erin Ashley Simon believes that while the esports industry has a lot of work to do, women are already driving the industry from the top. Women may not fully run the world (yet…), but we are surely running esports in ways that most fans don’t […]

Opinion: It’s Time for a Hollywood Sports Movie About Esports

One thing that has consistently held esports back is an overemphasis on the actual mechanical play of a game’s greatest players. So much energy and content has been invested, particularly by game publishers, in showing the advantages players of their game can glean from watching the pros do their thing. While helping to improve a […]

Opinion: Why The Olympics Should Create a Separate ‘Esports Games’

The “2020+5” agenda recently released by the International Olympic Committee made it clear that the organization has no interest in bringing esports such as League of Legends or Street Fighter into its official Summer or Winter Games anytime soon. Despite holding summits with esports figures and continuing to “foster relationships” with the gaming community, the […]