MM 3603 - Jonah Rathburn

  As a child if you had told me that competitive gaming could net me millions of dollars I would have looked at you and called you crazy. But with gamers like those of China's Team Newbee netting over one million each for a single DOTA 2 tournament it's just the new reality we live in. To put it into perspective the prize was 5 million dollars and they split it up 5 ways. I think back to being 12 years old and absolutely decimating people at Halo Reach and wonder if maybe I should have spent less time studying and playing basketball and more time grinding away at video games. With athletes like Ninja , yes he's considered a "gaming athlete", getting invites to red carpet events and even being signed to Adidas it sounds like my childhood NBA dreams but with a lot less dribbling. And with a net worth of 15 million he lives very comfortably.  I anticipate this is going to be the new normal in the future. Gaming athletes being revered as highly as traditional ones t...

  Binge watching has been around since television itself but has taken various iterations through out the years. Think back to when people would binge the same three channels no matter what were on TV for hours on end. Most of us can recall a time where we watched some sort of marathon on TV as well.  Now, the demographic my age probably remembers the days of bringing home a heap of VHS tapes or DVD's from video rental stores. I personally remember the joy of going to the local Movie Gallery on a Friday picking out my favorites to stay in and watch all weekend. The group younger than me is probably more familiar with modern binge watching this includes services like Redbox and video streaming. Streaming is by far the most efficient way to binge in history, now a user can pay a low monthly fee and have access to a seemingly unlimited number of hours of television and movies.    The reality is that almost everyone participates in some form of binging. Youtube...