Our author Eulalia Febrer Coll wrote a paper on how Riot leverages music to enhance the experience of Worlds for virtual and non-virtual attendees. Here she presents some insights on how music can enhance the play experience itself, and even provides a sample playlist for League of Legends players.
We talk to Dr Nico Besombes, Associate Professor of Sociology of Sport at the University of Paris and Vice President of French National Esports Association Listen to Nico on the podcast on Spotify, Apple, Deezer, Google or Stitcher or watch it on Youtube Find the...
It's always great when industry and academia collaborate esports is the perfect environment for productive and innovative projects. One example Weavr ( https://weavr.tv/ ) is a platform that uses live and historic data to create meaningful and personalised...
Mitchell Nicholson is PhD student at Queensland University of Technology in Australia - Investigating the physiological demands of competitive Esports Connect with him on Linkedin , Instagram or Twitter and you email him at: mitchell.nicholson@hdr.qut.edu.au There is...
Recently the Swedish Sports Federation voted not to accept esports into the sports federation despite the application by Svenska E-sportförbundet. As a result, visa issues for players, staff and attendees from outside the EU became a potential problem for Dota 2...
Rene Treur is a professional broadcaster in esports and we ask him is it shoutcasting or commentating? @TreurRene does a lot of work with football esports such as Fifa and Pro Evolution Soccer including hosting events and live commentary on Belgian TV. Dr Stephanie...
So how can Sports benefit from working with Esports? We ask Dr Tobias Scholz about his new research in the International Journal of Esports on the Esports Research Report hosted by Dr Stephanie Orme and Dr Brian McCauley. Esports can help revitalize traditional...
Florian Lefebvre is finalising his marketing PhD which looks at the dynamic capabilities of football clubs as they enter the esports market. He talks to Brian and Steph about what he found and also his future plans for research in Vietnam. Follow Florian on Twitter...
The Esports Research Network has been at the forefront of supporting and representing esports researchers across various disciplines. To promote the idea of this network, Oliver Leis (Leipzig University) has initiated an online Esports Research Colloquium. This...
You're stuck on a desert island and have to choose between unlimited esports and unlimited music. Tough choice. And for musicians who game it may be tougher as the two activities have so much in common. https://youtu.be/VnLYP2b4eTw We talk the combination of esports...
