Week in Geek: NBA goes big into eSports, and free shipping is costing Amazon big time
If you’re an eSports skeptic, hold onto your hats: the NBA announced this week that it is adding eSports teams to every NBA franchise in the country, in partnership with Take-Two, makers of the popular NBA 2K video game series. Yes, each NBA team will soon have its own professional gamers in addition to pro ballers. While it might not get hardcore NBA fans excited, the move could be a major-money maker for the league and a boost for the still-emerging world of professional video game playing. And as you’ll hear on this episode of GeekWire’s Week in Geek podcast, at least one Seattleite… Read More