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Monday Oct 31, 2016
Episode 22 – T.L. Taylor: The Rise and Significance of eSports
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Speaking via Skype, leading games studies scholar, T.L. Taylor (@ybika) from MIT Game Lab, explains why eSports matter in terms of social inclusion (the AnyKey Initiative – www.anykey.org/), fandom, and the rise of live streaming. We also discuss the history of eSports and their complicated relationship with other types of sporting competition.
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