Author Archives: Joey Thimian

Traditionally, when someone thinks about eSports, the games that come to mind are fast-paced action titles, be they first-person shooters or strategy games. However, Blizzard Entertainment has been challenging that notion in the last few years with the uncanny popularity of their free-to-play online card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Hearthstone was the 4th most-watched […]

In the world of eSports, it’s hard for a game to be – and stay – on top. One major difference between eSports and “real sports” is that the latter stays remarkably static. People don’t often jump ship from watching football to baseball after a few years because they get bored – in fact, they […]

“Counter-Strike” won the hearts of a generation when the first-person shooter game series released its first game 16 years ago. Over a decade later, people are still playing that game. Not just playing – it has evolved with time to become one of the most dominant eSports titles on the market today. Even though “Counter-Strike” […]

Sometimes nature likes to call at the most inconvenient times. Most people loathe picking up that call when they’re not in their comfort zone. Doing your business outside the home is often times quite undesirable. Sometimes you just can’t help but have to deal with this problem. Now we are all aware that there are […]

The third in a series about UCLA’s competitive gaming renaissance