In Le Moustique's article "What's behind the e-sport boom" by Bastien Mertens, we feature an interview with one of our members, Thibault Philipette, head of the Louvain Game Lab, who takes a look at e-sport in Belgium and around the world, as well as the capitalist and macho aspects of the scene.
"For Thibault Philippette, professor at UCLouvain and co-founder of the Louvain Game Lab, the already great but growing popularity of the influence of Asian cultures has also contributed to the popularization of these competitions. "In Japan and South Korea, video games were more quickly recognized as a legitimate form of entertainment like any other. Logically, they were quicker to adopt the sport than we were, where there was a long-standing, conservative mistrust of video games. Today, Asian pop culture, via series and manga, is percolating among young people and has made these competitive practices commonplace." "
