A personal blog-style newsletter about video games and esports, mixing team and roster analysis with opinionated commentary on players and organisations. Issues dig into stats such as HLTV ratings to argue about decisions like benchings and franchising.
Website: https://www.fognition.com/
Short essays applying mental models such as incentives, edge and opponent selection to sports, games, investing and consumer markets. Readers get an investor's framework-driven take on how value and competition work, illustrated with concrete examples.
Chuck Lubs' blog publishes research and how-to pieces on gaming and technology, including a Wi-Fi calling setup guide for travel eSIMs, data analysis of Counter-Strike 2 competitive ranks, and an aspect ratio breakdown for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Project M streams. Posts are irregular and mix practical instructions with original data-driven analysis.
A researcher's blog that summarises recent peer-reviewed studies on gaming and esports science, such as twin studies of playing time, links between gaming addiction and suicidality in Japan, and meta-analyses of escapism. Each post pairs a short highlights list with an accessible explanation of the findings and their limits.
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