Amidst the other articles I’ve seen this ween, FGCGamer’s “Smash is a Poverty Esports” completely threw me off. It took me more than my fair share of digging to fully understand what “Smash” was, and more research to comprehend the companies named, the terms used, and what in the world an “Esport” was.
Thankfully, I feel well educated on the subject now, and am perhaps just as confused as the author as to why Smash gets less investment than other Esports. The games I found all seem quite similar anyway, so the bias is confusing… Perhaps it has something to do with the artstyle? I have witnessed media investment being influenced by style, or marketing to children; it is impossible to make real money playing Monopoly, but chess masters make a living.
This was a lighthearted review, which was a nice breath of air amidst the global pandemonium that seems to thrum every day… That, unfortunately, is the way of the news.
Stay sharp, friends.
