Justin Kenna | How Gaming and Media Are Leveling Up | The Wolf’s Den #111

The Wolf's Den

Jordan Belfort

Society & Culture, Business

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Wolf’s Den, JB is joined by Justin Kenna, CEO of GameSquare and former CFO of Faze Clan. Their mission today is to dive into the world of Esports and video game, which have quickly become one of the most profitable forms of media, surpassing $60 billion of yearly revenue in just the United States alone. GAME ON!

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0:00.0	Hey guys JB here the Wolf of Walls you're in the wolves then got another awesome podcast episode today
0:12.4	Got a man named Justin Kenneth CEO of Games
0:17.0	Where which is an eSports company if you don't know what eSports is let me give you this it's the analogy
0:23.8	It's not about sports actually. It's not like eSports is people were playing like um video games of sports
0:29.6	Like soccer and stuff like that. They could be but it's not really about that. It's more about like single shooter games like fortnight and
0:36.2	Call of duty and those sort of things is actually
0:39.3	Imagine as millions of people around the world who are playing those games
0:42.4	Then there's the very best the professional level of those players
0:46.9	Those people are in a league which is basically called eSports and it's an incredibly high-paid bunch of people
0:53.5	It's
0:54.6	Shocking when you actually unpack what's going on in this industry?
0:59.3	Why it's happening and is it a good thing?
1:02.1	Is it good that kids are spending so much time playing video games?
1:08.4	Betty at watching other people play video games on places like twitch
1:13.6	Or when they even go to these
1:15.8	stadiums in post or pre-pandemic days and watching gamers out there
1:21.2	It's a unique world to say the least. It's one that you need to know about
1:26.0	Whether or not you're a game doesn't matter you want to know about this world because it's a future that's not going away
1:31.6	So let's take a quick break
1:34.2	Here from our sponsors, then we'll come back
1:37.4	And we'll hear about the world of eSports and games which by the way is a company
1:42.3	I am personally involved with I believe in and so let's make that note to
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