Everything Is Esports Now

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🗓️ 13 June 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

At E3 2019, Maddy sits down with Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez, esports commentator and event host best known for his work on Overwatch League, Call of Duty, and Halo. Mendez actually used to cover esports for Kotaku years ago; now, he commentates and hosts massive esports tournaments in stadiums around the country. We talk about the traditional sports influences on the esports industry, the wide spectrum of esports personalities out there, and whether Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games will be the next great esport (it will). Lastly, Mendez talks about his new show, LVL UP, which is like Pimp My Ride but for gaming rigs.

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0:00.0	This is Maddie Myers coming to you from the E3 show floor and I am joined by Alex
0:08.4	Mendez, otherwise known as Golden Boy, e-sports commentator, castor host extraordinaire,
0:14.8	has been seen on Overwatch League commentating, counter strike, call duty, all kinds of
0:20.1	shit. Yeah.
0:21.0	And he's here with me at E3.
0:23.3	What's up?
0:24.0	I'm very excited to be here.
0:25.7	We were just talking about how incredible this whole setup is.
0:28.8	Podcasting?
0:29.4	How cool it is.
0:30.1	I just want to do this.
0:31.9	Like, this is like, I, yes, I'm inspired.
0:34.1	You want to get out of e-sports into the lucrative field of podcasting.
0:37.3	Hey, why not? I think the, I mean,
0:40.3	obviously, you know, you're doing it for Kataku. Yeah. Great website. Read it every day.
0:45.1	You used to work for Katakou. Do you want to talk about that a little bit? Yeah. Yeah, I used to
0:49.3	work for Kataku. This was, man, this was like a while ago. Yeah, like 2013 is the last time.
0:55.6	Yeah.
0:56.0	I looked up your old articles, checked him out, gave him a look.
0:58.8	And I learned a lot.
0:59.8	So the, uh, editor-in-chief at the time, I believe was Tina Meaney.
1:02.5	Uh, I worked with her.
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