#videogames

Apple makes more money from gaming than every major console gaming company

Spencer Horton

Even though Apple made no mobile games of its own, the company made $8.5 billion in 2019, according to The Wall Street Journal, and many are wondering if the future…

Intellectual Checkpoint: video games and their impact on brain functionality

Autumn Hawkins

Video games have long had the reputation of rotting childrens’ brains and making them emotionally stunted, however, there is evidence that proves that the exact opposite is true. Using…

Gamers: detached from reality

Mary Hicks

Many politicians claim that violent video games, not a lack of gun restrictions, lead to mass shootings and crime among young people. Although video games contribute to the psychological state…

Esports at WU without WU?

Gweneshia Wadlington

As you may have heard, Winthrop University officially has a Division I esports team. But what you may not know is that there is a gaming club here at Winthrop…

Advancing virtual reality

Dean of Students Office/Publications

It may be a long way from creating full-on game systems that have interactive worlds all in the comfort of one’s home, like in the movie “Ready Player One”, however,…

Intro to Esports

Gweneshia Wadlington

For those who have been to Owens lately and have noticed the red gaming chairs and multiple gaming screens: it not a prank. Winthrop University now has an Esports program,…