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Competitive video gaming on 60 Minutes

Submitted by rapture on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 10:59am.

Competitive video gaming is getting some major exposure on 60 Minutes.  "Fatal1ty" and "lil Poison" are two gamers that are highlighted in the episode. 

In the world of competitive video gaming, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell could be considered Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan. He's traveled the globe, won several world championships, and made more money than most twenty-somethings will see in a lifetime. Steve Kroft meets Fatal1ty and gets a sense of what it's like being America's most famous "cyber-athlete." - 60 Minutes

Follow this link to see segments from the show:  http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/82/fatal1ty/

Hate to be the bearer of bad

Submitted by dirtyJ on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 1:09pm.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this was originally aired in January of 2006, it's a repeat, but a good one :).

DJ

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I don’t know how the news

Submitted by D15AV0W3D on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 3:33pm.

I don't know how the news of when it aired could be construed as bad. It's as interesing now as it was then, particularly for those of us who haven't previously seen it.

As for the article, I thought it was interesting. Other than the poll about gaming as an olympic sport, which I found to be nothing more than a poor attempt at humor...

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Competitive gaming FTW!

Submitted by Master Kim on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 7:03pm.

I want to be just like Johnathan Wendell when I grow up.

On a somewhat irrelevant note here, Korean StarCraft players are treated like celebrities and have their own fanclubs. :)

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haha, I remember this. Good

Submitted by trigger119 on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 8:49pm.

haha, I remember this. Good stuff.

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