Hardcore gamers put on a show - Business - The Boston Globe

Strange days indeed

"Full time, as in for a living. Serge is a professional video game player, a midlevel position player in what’s probably the world’s fastest-growing “sport.”
It’s called “e-sports,” and suddenly it’s huge. The world championship of the popular video game “League of Legends” sold out the Staples Center in Los Angeles last October, while 32 million more fans watched the showdown via the Internet. Even the reruns are hot. Gameplay videos are among the most popular shows on Youtube.
Indeed, one of the most popular transmitters on YouTube is a 24-year-old Swedish gamer nicknamed PewDiePie, whose profanity-drenched videos have been watched 3.7 billion times."

Hardcore gamers put on a show - Business - The Boston Globe