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Elon Musk most certainly has his fanboys — but it appears that the adherents of one first-person-shooter roleplaying game are not among them.

Huge Crowd of Gamers Boos Elon Musk for Ruining Twitter

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the world's foremost chess grandmasters apparently made a fat finger error for the ages when he accidentally clicked the wrong square and lost a tie.

World Chess Champion Loses $30,000 Prize By Clicking Wrong Square

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ross Chastain didn't look like he was going to advance to the next stage of NASCAR's Championship — until he pulled off a move he learned from video games.

NASCAR Driver Avoids Elimination With Insanely Ballsy Maneuver He Learned From a Video Game

By Frank Landymore

A professional "Call of Duty" player had to retire from his eSports career after an injury to his thumb and wrist came back.

Professional Gamer Retires After Career-Ending Injury to Thumb

By Dan Robitzski

With large gatherings banned — and ill-advised anyway — eSports may be the best way to scratch your competitive itch for the time being.

Goddamn, I Guess We Need to Get Into eSports Now

By Dan Robitzski

Chess is one of the fastest-growing games on the video game streaming platform Twitch as hundreds of thousands tune in to watch masters strategize.

Yasssss Queen: Chess Is Finally Becoming the Next Big eSport

By Dan Robitzski

In eight states, high schools are now offering esports as a varsity level sport for students, according to CNN — a glimpse of the future of sports.

Schools in Eight States Now Have Varsity Video Game Teams

By Natalie Coleman

A 23-year-old esports, and sim racing professional just beat an ex-Formula 1 driver at this year's Race of Champions in Mexico.

Virtual Reality

A Guy Trained on Video Games Just Beat a Formula 1 Driver on a Real Track

By Victor Tangermann

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Elon Musk’s OpenAI Created a Bot That Can Beat the World’s Best eSports Players

By Patrick Caughill