Lynn Swann Quotes

Sport-based video games occupy an odd space within the sphere of modern home entertainment. Reliably enjoyed by millions, the sport-based video game stands at what sometimes feels like an oblique angle from the larger medium, and in ways that can be hard to articulate.

If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read as much about it as you can, see it live and watch as many games as you can. If you're the type who wants to be as involved as you can in the sport, you're probably going to want to play 'Madden NFL.'

I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'

While the Super Bowl still smashes records for butts in the seats, eSports often run longer and never blinks. There's no commercial break. There's no halftime show. From start to finish, someone is going to walk home a champion, and you don't want to miss a second of it.

As a player you want to play games, you want to be involved and kick on.

I loved playing computer games. I used to be one of the top World of War-crafters in the world for a couple of years.

I don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.

Given the huge number Xbox owners and how many of them love gaming spectatorship, it's a natural fit to bring the Twitch experience to the 360.

Twitch is a platform. Switch it on, and you'll find thousands of channels of pure gameplay rolling around with people talking in the background. Dig a little deeper, and you'll also find people talking on camera, with sets built like an actual talk show, and schedules of events posted at the bottom of the web page.

If I could play this game at a decent level, I'd come back and play.

Sometimes, when you watch people play a video game, they seem lost in this wormhole, or in a trance.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I'm one of them.

I would say, in a year, I spend maybe half of that playing FIFA. I love it that much.

Competing and streaming 'Fortnite' all night at the most iconic building in Chicago, a city close to my heart, is a dream come true.

I'm a normal guy who wants to play games, whether it be the first, the 95th or the 97th of my international career.

Some of my team-mates in the Under-18s used to play 'Call of Duty' and they told me I should jump on it. I have played it ever since, for my first one or two years I played it pretty much ever day, I was mad about it.

It's always fascinating to me and blows my mind whenever I'm in a video game because I am such a big video game fan at heart.

I grew up playing games like 'War Zone' and the old 'Smackdown,' so I'm very excited to see myself in a game.

I love watching professionals play more than I love sitting there 20 hours a day trying be a pro myself.

As a player, you want to play a lot of games.

I loved playing with friends and talking trash over 'FIFA' and 'Mario Kart.' Then, in the early stages of my professional career, I got into 'Assassin's Creed' and 'The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.'

I think it's very difficult, and people don't give enough credit to how hard it is to do in-game commentary. I'd have a lot of work to do, but I'd definitely be interested. I'm always interested in breaking down the game, and I'd love to see more females doing it.

I'm big into video games, and when I joined FAZE clan, they're big into streaming. And they're streaming every day, like, six, seven hours a day.

I always played 'FIFA' and stuff like that growing up, and seeing those guys celebrate, I kind of got inspiration from that.