TDG Opinion: Gaming Enters the World of Spectator Sport

Gaming Enters the World of Spectator Sport

Colin Dixon and Emma Dixon
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July 18, 2012 According to the stereotype, hard-core gamers have little interest in watching regular TV, instead preferring to be in the thick of the online action playing World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, or Halo with their friends. But does that mean they do not want to watch video just like the rest of us? There are already over 120 channels on YouTube dedicated to gaming. As well, some of the most popular videos are promos for new games (a video showing a new mod for League of Legends has been viewed 3.5 million times at the time of writing this piece) and people showing their own gameplay (warning: this video contains foul language and screaming, though it has been viewed 1.4 million times!). Clearly, videos related to gaming are a big deal. On Friday, we visited with Onlive, an online video game service, and saw another piece of the gamer entertainment puzzle fall in to place: live broadcast game play.

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