In this episode of Have Game, Will Travel, Full Sail Director of Esports Growth and Development Bennett Newsome interviews Eugene Frier. Eugene is the Director of Esports & Gaming and an Adjunct Professor of Esports at Texas Wesleyan University. Bennett and Eugene talk about how Eugene’s gaming preferences have evolved from childhood to adulthood, integrating academic rigor and esports competitiveness, what it has taken to build an esports program at Texas Wesleyan, the biggest challenges facing the esports industry, how he thinks emerging tech will impact gaming going forward, and life lessons he has learned through gaming.

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