Video gaming competitions blur the lines between sport and play

The boundaries between ’real’ sport and video games have shifted and will shift again, writes Paul Rouse.

The only certainty in the world of sport is change. No sport can stand still and imagine its present status is enough to guarantee its future. And the world of sport itself is all the time subject to the shifts in the organisation of wider society.

It is a simple truism sport reflects society. And so it is this month the world of televised sport in Ireland will witness a new departure.