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more about #progaming Xelmon: *taps* Jaja, gratula! =D #dragonageorigins more » godot: I'm not Hungarian, but I lived there long enough to have predicted this outcome. Gratulalok gyerekek!! #dragonageorigins more » TSFMfest: Amer'ca...err, Hung'ry...fuck yeah! #dragonageorigins more » EythR: Canada came third. Proud proud proud! Now I would like to know BioWare Community may be separatist and all, but from what other state-nation? Alberta... more » excel_excel: I guess the Bioware Community wasn't....HUNGARY enough!....ohohohoho that's a good one, gonna take that one down #dragonageorigins more » JoeyJavs: I have a lot of good memories about this game. When I was young my dad would take me to a local dive bar kind of place where he would hang with his f... more » Sakurafire: Yet again another great story. It's good to see somebody returning to their roots to do something they love. more » twinturbo2: Golden Tee needs some more respect amongst the gaming crowd, and I'm glad Kotaku gave it. Now I got a hankering to play some Golden Tee... more » Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!: But is he the champion of Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge? more » That mop mutant from NES.: Never. Lets not blemish the principal and the amount of athleticism involved by a mere joystick. If you want to have a separate gaming Olympics ever... more » Sutekh_Slain: If gaming was an Olympic event, then I'd vote for Starcraft and Street Fighter. more » n00b_pwner: Gaming is something I am not too sure about. Sure it's hard to master, and there's even the MLG, but I think that the missing sport the Olympics is mi... more » TheCodexx: The definition of a "sport" seems, in most relevant entries, to pertain only to games which require "physical exertion" to play. Some looser definitio... more » ShaSt One: sport –noun 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature Interpret that how you want, but let's ... more » BubbleF**kingBuddy: You'd need a a set standard. Most of these games have rules that have been unchanged for centuries. What would you do with games that get sequels eve... more » Michael Dukakis: I love the Olympics and Video Games... but if video games get in before baseball and softball return... I may go crazy. more » TheCleaningGuy: Never. Gaming should not be put amongst competitive sports. While the basic principles are the same (pattern recognition, conditioned response, hand-... more » Legendary Hoamaru: Nah, not in the Olympics. I think more gaming competitions like at EVO or QuakeCon will pop up on there own. No real need for them to be in the Olym... more » Kamatari+: I think thats a little too far for video games (if im reading the article correctly) more » tehdorkz: I'm sorry. Gaming is not a sport. I will agree it does take skill to play them, and that they can be seen as a competitive means, but in NO way are th... more » -
#dragonage
Hungary Prevails in Dragon Age 24-Hour Contest
Hungary made goulash out of a 10-team field in BioWare's 24-hour competition called Dragon Age: Origins Wardens' Quest, netting each team member a cool $12,500. More » -
#stickjockey
A Virtual Golfer Looks Back On — and Ahead to — His Tournament Career
You could say Steven Sobe knows when to go out on top. When you've made your living playing video games on a tournament circuit, it's certainly a sense that will serve you well. More » -
#olympics
Video Games in the Olympics? Athletes Answer Hypothetically
Wired asked four Olympic athletes, doing a photoshoot for Sega's upcoming 2010 winter games title, if video games had a legitimate place in Olympic competition. At least they were polite in their replies. More » -
#progaming
One World Record, 500 Pounds of Quarters
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#streetfighteriv
Daigo Wins World SFIV Title
Daigo, as Ryu, bested Justin Wong, as Rufus, in last night's Street Fighter IV Tournament finals, held in San Francisco. Wong isn't empty handed, however; he won the U.S. title. More » -
#starcraft
U.S. Universities Join the Star League
No, not the Rylan Star League. Princeton and 25 other colleges have teams in the "Collegiate Star League." Friday, the Tigers took on Tsinghua U. of Beijing, and The New York Times covered the action. More » -
#thegreatestdepression
Pro Gamers Are Out Of A Job Too
The business of being really, really good at playing video games is hurting. Professional gaming leagues are shutting down left and right, meaning that many people who participate in those leagues are out now jobless. More » -
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#clips
How a Major News Show Blames Crisp's Death on Pro Gaming
I mentioned earlier this week the CBC's misguided attempts at laying the blame of Brandon Crisps' death at the feet of pro-gaming, and not society, his parents or Crisp himself. More » -
#news
News Show Looks At Death of Xbox Runaway, Dark Side of Gaming
This Friday CBC News show The Fifth Estate takes a look at the sad case of teen gamer runaway Brandon Crisp. More » -
#majorleaguegaming
MLG Gets More Moolah
Major League Gaming got another $7.5 million from one of its venture capital firms, which called the pro video gaming league "a cultural phenomenon." More » -
#progaming
Pro Gamer Lands Dr Pepper Deal
Not even 24 hours after DirecTV backed Championship Gaming Series went belly up in the shrinking pond that is professional gaming, Dr Pepper has announced that are backing a pro-gamer in their first every national distribution deal for an athlete. More » -
#evo
Fighting to Play: The History of the Longest Lived Fighting Game Tournament in the World
Once a year they come to Las Vegas. Not to party. Not to compete. Not even to play Street Fighter. More » -
#gunnaroptiks
Gamer Glasses Coming
Crawling the PAX exhibition hall this afternoon I stumbled upon a smallish booth for Gunnar Opticks. The company is dedicated to making glasses for computer users. More »
