Raising the Stakes: E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming

by T.L. Taylor

Book Overview

How a form of play becomes a sport: players, agents, referees, leagues, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators, and the culture of professional computer game play.

Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show Starcade (1982-1984) featured competitions among arcade game players; and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527588
• ISBN13: 9780262527583
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher