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The lights go down as play begins before a large crowd at the League of Legends World Championship at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Achievement unlocked: Understanding eSports

Chris Nichols October 12, 2017

Students are gaining scholarships and extra-curricular activity hours by offering a competitive skill that could help universities obtain funds. However, these students aren’t playing on a field,...

Feminism in the video game community

Jess Wright October 28, 2015

The explosion makes you jump internally, but with a flick of your thumbs on the joysticks, the avatar on the screen leaps to the left with superhuman speed. Within minutes, the battle is over, and you...

What speaks to you? Knowledge and healing

April 14, 2015

This essay by Zachary Peterson, a senior at Fremont High School, won third place in the first COMMfest High School Essay Contest. In recent years, I have found myself relishing in the fact that there...

Secrets of the Stewart Library

April 9, 2015

Beyond the rows of books, the Weber State University Stewart Library offers a variety of interesting services. Take a look at some interesting things you might not have known about the library. Play...

Staying safe while playing online games

March 31, 2015

Computer hackers have attacked video game systems causing game interruption and general frustration in the gaming world. Online gaming grows in popularity every year. While online gaming has its rewards,...

Blizzard Entertainment to offer scholarships to gamers

March 15, 2015

College students can now play video games to pay for their college tuition. You read right, your parents were wrong when they said that video games will not get you anywhere. Popular game developers...

Stewart Library participates in International Games Day

November 9, 2014

The Stewart Library hosted a game day to celebrate International Games Day @ your library this past Saturday. At the game day, Weber State students and the community came together to play all sorts...

Stewart Library offers on-campus gamers’ getaway

November 6, 2014

Deep in the studious, academic bowels of the WSU Stewart Library is a little-known hideaway for gamers. The video game lab sits in Room 9 of the library, featuring an X-box, Wii and PlayStation3 along...

Glow sticks and black lights abound at Davis campus game night

September 20, 2014

Glow sticks, black lights, volleyball and video games were all combined into one night of activities  at the WSU Davis campus black light game night Friday. Two floors of the D3 building were devoted...

An 8-bit Conversation: Misogyny in geek culture

September 2, 2014

On May 23, 2014 a man by the name of Elliot Rodger decided to go on a killing spree because the beautiful women of the University of California, Santa Barbara would not give him the time, attention...

Is she the right gamer girl for you?

August 28, 2014

Let's face it, dating can be rough. Sometimes finding someone attractive (with a personality that doesn't suck) seems impossible. But every once in a while you find a rare spawn. You know the one I'm...

Research shows video game skills may enhance surgical performance

June 30, 2014

It turns out that hours of video games could be training future doctors. Dr. James Rosser of the Florida Hospital Medical Group says video games may be key to the hand-eye coordination that is so valued...

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