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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Yvonne Tang / DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Remembering athletes as people and not machines

Nick Speranza December 1, 2021
The death of professional Overwatch player Kyeong-bo Kim, known by his ingame alias “Alarm,” leaves many in shock and mourning.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The ‘boosting’ industry is booming — is that good?

Nick Speranza November 2, 2021
Recent news of punitive legal measures against the practice of 'boosting' brings up questions about the nature of video-games in our capitalist culture.
Seema Thakkar/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: The treatment of esports players indicts an epidemic of Asian hate

Nick Speranza April 15, 2021
The pain of anti-Asian hate is felt sorely in esports, but the fight against it must take place elsewhere, too.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Esports pros need collective bargaining, too

Nick Speranza March 25, 2021
We need to establish esports unions so we can support players and give them more freedom.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Behind closed doors, esports perpetuate sexual assault

Nick Speranza March 17, 2021
Esports and video games are a great thing, and their communities have the potential to reflect that even more. However, they demonstrate with particular clarity the systemic factors that facilitate an epidemic of sexual assault. They are the same factors that plague our world outside of gaming, including our own lives as Boston University students.
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