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UKeSA and Competitive Gaming in the UK
The recent launch of the UKeSA hasn’t gone unnoticed by the mainstream media. There is a blog post on The Guardian website asking “could competitive gaming finally be entering the mainstream?” - something to which the answer is ‘yes’, if they keep covering it!
I’ve just posted the following musing in response:
I’m all for “eSports” breaking into the mainstream. I myself have enjoyed watching a number of very close matches between extremely talented teams, with professional commentary bristling with the kind of enthusiasm you would get from Murray Walker in Formula 1. It was a very enjoyable experience and was equally as entertaining as watching a football match. What’s more it’s not a patch on the ‘rock star’ status and high production values seen for eSports in Korea (@Greg Howson: where PC gamers are sexy!). Read the rest of this entry »
Tonight’s cinema experience
I do enjoy a good trip to the cinema. Tonight’s was excellent.
As well as finally getting to see Cloverfield, there were a whole host of goodies before the film, both in the form of adverts:
- A Coke advert based on Rockstar’s GTA (also mentioned over at The Guardian)
- Snoop D-Oh-Double-Gee getting the Orange treatment
and three “ohhh, I must see that” trailers:
