It is really strange how much they’re trying to push that brand and pretending like sports fans should care about competitive gaming (I refuse to call it e-sports because that’s a horrible name for something that’s not related to sports at all, unless we’re changing the definition of “sport” to encompass any…

I fly right by them man. I play sports video games on a pretty consistent basis for an employed 30-something, and I could give zero-fucks about any Compete article.

It’s just odd that on certain days, Deadspin is like 50% Compete lately. I get that people like their video games, and that makes something like Compete viable. Maybe cross posting to Deadspin is just marketing while they try to grow that brand, but I don’t think Deadspin readers are having it.

The other thing you can do is loosen up the rules so that offenses can pass the ball all over the place

Shel Silverstein is amazing. He wrote the song “25 Minutes to Go”, made most famous by Johnny Cash, which is just as dark as fuck.

peanut butter & sweet potatoes