CBS Sports - emphasis here on Sports -- in mere hours will televise the World Series of Video Games tournament; actually, a collection of highlights from that event held last month in Louisville.
CBS Sports.
A video game tournament.
Now don't misunderstand: I have absolutely nothing against video games ... aside from the fact that my three 5-year-olds already possess far more skill at playing them online than their old man ever will. (Their favorite of the moment is Wubbzy's Amazing Adventure.)
And I type these words fully mindful of the fact that games as dubiously athletic as golf and poker are plastered across the TV sports schedule as though they were the American pastime (that would be NFL football, by the way, not boring old baseball, which I worship). ... And that I watch both golf and poker on TV with great fervor.
But video games? As sport?
Rob Correa, senior vice president for programming at CBS Sports, tells the New York Times: "Who knows, in 10 years we could be looking back on this as a very significant moment."
Who knows? ... I know. In 10 years we could be looking back on today as the beginning of the end.
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Proving once again how far
Proving once again how far behind the curve Mr. McNamara is on spotting trends and bringing out his "cranky old man" persona. Hey Paul, Andy Rooney called, he wants his schtick back.
Just to catch you up, there have been organized leagues of video game tournaments for years now, with players making careers out of it. Even 60 Minutes figured this out - http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/82/fatal1ty
Not only has this been
Not only has this been around for years, but this is far more a sport than poker. The eye-hand coordination that it takes to play video games at this level rivals that of any traditional sport.
Paul and Andy Rooney
Just FYI, in his younger days as a newspaperman, Paul actually got into a pissing match with Andy Rooney. Perhaps if you ask him real nice, he'll fill you in on the details.
And, Paul, the number one spectator sport in the U.S. of A. is NASCAR and the number one participatory sport is bowling.
video games on tv? great! at
video games on tv? great! at least not so boring as your nfl "football" which is no football at all ;-)))
ps no offence,
but basketball is the most real game!
Paul, Where have you been
Paul,
Where have you been for the last 15 years? Just as an FYI the Internet was created for two things and two things only one is online gaming and the other well I'll leave that to your imagination.
If this is really a surprise maybe you should quit reading about DEC, SNA, and Token Ring and go out online every once and a while..........
South Korea has been doing this for years............
Defending this?
How are you all defending video games as a sport? There's nothing athletic about it. Golf is even more athletic then video games. You said that the hand eye coordination rivals that of real sports? Maybe it does, but get this: In REAL sports, you use your body! There's not just hand eye coordination involved, it takes alot more types of coordination then that. Oh yeah, and in addition to practicing, you hate to train in the GYM! Unless comeptitive video game players are sitting around all day doing curls with their fingers to get conditioned, they definatley don't come close to a sport in that aspect either.