Major League Gaming

The clanging of my sword against the armor of my enemies rings across the field of combat. Surrounded by the carnage of the battling gods, I push forward with my friend Droktarr (Gage). To the left, the Norse goddess Freya blasts magical swords in our direction. On our right, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, is using one of her four arms to swing a deadly scythe towards us. Simultaneously, another of her arms is wielding a menacing trident. Death surrounds us. We dodge. We parry. We counter attack. An hour long battle ensues. We live to fight another day. Welcome to “Smite”. My community revolves around online gaming. In my spare time, when I am not doing homework or drawing, I meet up with my friends and participate in…

Over the past few decades, people claim video games are becoming more popular; through personal experience I intend to tell whomever reads this why video games have become so popular. Through the years, video games have went through many different changes. A few of those changes are as follows: in video games now you can do more such as beating the game, scoring a high score,discovering the various types of games, relationships can be gained from games, the evolution of graphics, variety of…

Implementation Once the database had all the variables set up, Umbrella Gaming is allowed to input customer data and run tests. Real customer data is needed for accurate analysis results. Umbrella Gaming should strive to obtain accurate data through an individual’s registration process, and tracking of online information. From this point on, the company is able to use the database to achieve its marketing objectives. For instance, Umbrella Gaming could run a one sample t-test to see the average…

Gaming Is Just A Hobby Gaming is a hobby that I have been interested in since I was in elementary school. As a boy my family did not have a ton of money, but eventually we could afford a gaming system to entertain my two brothers, two sisters, and I. Gaming as a whole should be seen as just another harmless hobby, and not something to blame when people commit crimes or act a certain way. Being able to call myself gamer made me proud, until accusations of violence, immaturity, racism, sexism,…

all around the globe consider video games as a mass media variant (Jackson-Brown). In the modern days, e-sports has created a big impact on society, since it was introduced to the public. Moreover, video games have their own competition sports that are now considered to have the same amount of fans as the sport hockey (Jackson-Brown). Video games bring people closer together like regular sports do. With the modern technology, many people tend to produce income over streaming or creating YouTube…

growth of the gaming community. Along with this vast market came a vast breed of gamers. Gamers can be broken down into various categories based on a plethora of things. From their approach to games in general, to how much time or effort they dedicate to gaming, all the way to what games they play and how they play them, gamers cover a wide array of personalities and traits. For me however, gamers can be broken down into five categories: the casual, the dirty casual, the try-hard, the…

Image Even some of the first characters like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man although they were not human, they were male. Games like Link and Mario Brothers also had principal male characters and a weaker female character that needed to be saved. Even more recent games include Splinter Cell and the remade Prince of Persia. This large disparity of strong female characters has alienated women gamers. However now female characters are becoming stronger and more equal to their male counterparts. New…

them do see and are concerned with the underrepresentation of minorities in videogames, as well as the racism and sexism often involved in the production and gaming communities. Kimi Johnson acknowledged these problems during her presentation for the class, but she’s hopeful for the future of gaming. She pointed to indie games as a step in the right direction. This War of Mine requires moral decisions to be made and encourages empathy on the part of the player. This type of gaming encourages…

Esports can be defined as competitive gaming, most common types of Esports are FPS (first person shooter) based games or MOBA’s (multiplayers online battle arena). However all of these games have the same purpose and that is games where “athletes” play as a virtual character in a virtual world and attempt to fight their way to victory. When I looked at the many definitions of a sport, Like Poker and Chess, Esports are mind-based sports with limited physical activity. Some of the definitions…

Should gaming be gender inclusive? One could argue that girls in gaming is unnecessary and not nearly a problem, they’d be wrong. It’s extremely concerning that so few girls are into gaming. Being attentive to girls in gaming can prove essential, unless done in a derogatory way which can prove discouraging. Females in the gaming industry can prove helpful to both the gaming society and themselves. Their presence in the gaming community can be beneficial to everyone involved. With proper…