#1 - eSports

In this episode we discuss the phenomenon of competitive gaming, otherwise known as eSports. With $3 million tournament prizes, viewing figures in excess of the Super Bowl, and the recent news that eSports will become an Olympics-sanctioned event in Tokyo next year, this is a truly modern industry that cannot be stopped. However, can we really consider gaming a sport? What happens to those that don't make it to the big leagues? What is it doing to the brains of the young people who are budding to win the next million dollar jackpot? We get into it over a tipple in our first episode of Abstracts. *** Music Cambo - 'Coffee' https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cambo *** Reference List (PDF) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_2gW9Q4Np-aZH1RpHeVg-hm9QLIFolHa The Amthauer Test (IST) https://amthauer-ist.com/en/ *** Sound Samples and Media CBS News Price of the Grind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=box4SFtGvA0 ABC News – Inside Billion dollar industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrnZ7SboHvI CNN – Video games scholarships to play league of legends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR5AOpEzCBs CNBC – Former NBS star reveals why he’s betting big on eSports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxHtF2SCQk FOX Business - Is Esports the new ESPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l3IxywUMeU HBO Boxing – Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: eSports Discussion (HBO Sports) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Box01YzekaQ FOX5 – Ryan Hart talks SFV and eSports on FOX5 News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-5U806SRw