4-days of non-stop gaming will return to Leduc Rec Centre this summer. From August 10th to 13th, gamers can attend Fragapalooza, a non-stop gaming event created “by gamers for gamers.” Fragapalooza will see hundreds of attendees bring their own devices to play PC or...
Esports is a mainstay in the modern competitive entertainment landscape and has spawned some strong communities around particular Esports games. The Super Smash Brothers franchise has seen a large pool of casual and competitive players from different regions,...
By Jared Gomes Gaming has become such a big pastime, and it is continuing to grow, especially now. Playing with friends on PC has so many options from a first-person shooter like Overwatch, to a strategy game like Civilization, being able to have a shared experience...
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Universities and Colleges have struggled to keep athletics afloat. Enter a new wave of sports: esports. Esports is an opportunity for students who share the same interest and love for video games to connect from all across the...
This year, the Alberta Esports Association is kicking off the summer with their event, Edmonton Direct. AESA has paired with Edmonton Screen Industries to bring awareness to Canadian developers. "It made perfect sense for us to combine our efforts and have an event...
On Saturday November 21, the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference, in association with the Alberta eSports Association, held a Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament that gave a glimpse into the future of possibilities for eSports in ACAC. “[eSports players] are...
By Corbin Adams NAIT is doubling-down on eSports this year following the success of last year’s eSports Invitational. The League of Legends Tournament took place on October 26. Overwatch and DOTA 2 events will take place in November. NAIT Campus Recreation wants to...
The first eSports invitational at NAIT brought students from around the city to the HP Centre. Games included Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Super Smash Bros. tournaments among other casual gaming stations. Curtis Dell, the Student Recreation...
“NAIT Athletics has been one of the groups that have been interested in trying to support the longterm vision of an [eSports] varsity team or sports club – hopefully, representative of the Ook.”
Last year, when I created a web portfolio to showcase some of my writing and video work and labelled myself a “multimedia journalist,” the term earned a few scoffs from some of my classmates. “Multimedia journalist,” they sneered. “Sounds a bit high-brow to me.” Well,...
