# Raising the Stakes

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- Book: [Raising the Stakes](https://www.bookquiver.com/t-l-taylor/raising-the-stakes) ([Raising the Stakes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/t-l-taylor/raising-the-stakes.md))
- Authors: [T. L. Taylor](https://www.bookquiver.com/t-l-taylor)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-758-3
- Pages: 332
- Published: 2015-01-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How a form of play becomes a sport: players, agents, referees, leagues, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators, and the culture of professional computer game play. Competitive video and computer game...