By Terynce Garner, Staff Reporter Back in 2017, the Esports team at CSUDH was just a three-person club playing Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch. Fast-forward seven years, and now the program is a thriving community of hundreds of committed team members who have scored major wins in the burgeoning world of collegiate Esports. They […]
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CSUDH Opens Esports Academy
President Thomas A. Parham, CSU Board of Trustees Chair Wenda Fong, Director of Esports Kevin Buchmiller and President of the CSUDH Esports Association Franky Saldana crowd in front of the Esports lab on the second floor of the Leo F. Cain Library. Photo by Leah Quintero. By Leah Quintero Managing Editor Esports is a steadily […]
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Women Gamers, Thriving in the Gaming Community but Battling Misogyny
Women gamers account for 45% of gamers in the U.S., but the lack of women representation is greatly apparent. Infographic by Yennifer Ho By Yennifer Ho, Staff Reporter Around 2008, Sylvia Duvenary, a California State University, Dominguez Hills student, realized she had to hide her gender in any multiplayer game because of her unfortunate experiences […]
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CSUDH Graduate Turned Esports Protege
Luis Gutierrez is ready to take on the world of esports as he already has his foot in the door. Photo by Luis Gutierrez By Chaz Kawamura, Senior Editor. Life for former CSUDH student Luis Gutierrez is pretty great nowadays. He is beginning his career as a reporter/journalist in the esports media industry. Gutierrez began to […]
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The eSports Team unveiled new jerseys, but the lab is still a work in progress
(Right to Left) CSUDH President Parham, eSports President Alexandra Warren-Carrasco, and eSports General Manager Ruben Caputo highlight the new team jerseys despite delays in the construction of the eSports lab. Photo by Val Contreras By Val Contreras, Staff Writer The northwest corner of the library is the location of the new CSUDH eSports lab, but if […]