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Video Game Stories Are Powerful Tools General Gaming NewsReviews

Video Game Stories Are Powerful Tools

Picture from Playstation.com The level of interactivity found within single-player gaming experiences is particularly good for telling stories that impact the player. It leaves them…
Nora Reese
Nora ReeseOctober 5, 2022
OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation Receives $20,000 Gift From Williams Companies for Program Support Departmental NewsOur Partners

OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation Receives $20,000 Gift From Williams Companies for Program Support

NORMAN, OKLA. - Energy company Williams Companies gifted $20,000 to the University of Oklahoma’s Esports and Co-Curricular Department to support future development and bring opportunities…
ecci
ecciSeptember 27, 2022
OU Esports to Host Overwatch Watch Party Competitive NewsOur TeamsOverwatch

OU Esports to Host Overwatch Watch Party

Matthew “Quinn” O’Quinn, one of the tank players on the OU Overwatch Crimson roster, is thrilled to have this new opportunity for the community to…
September 23, 2022
Fall 2022 Competitive Preview Competitive NewsiRacingOur TeamsOverwatchValorant

Fall 2022 Competitive Preview

With new teams, high stakes competitions and exciting events, there is no shortage of OU Esports hype.The OU Valorant teams will be joining in the…
September 23, 2022
OU ECCI Partners With OKSE for K-12 Esports Development Departmental NewsOur Partners

OU ECCI Partners With OKSE for K-12 Esports Development

NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, Sept., 20, 2022 – The University of Oklahoma Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation Department in the Division of Student Affairs is joining forces with…
September 19, 2022
OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation Partners With PlayNACL, ReachTV to Create Career Pipelines Departmental NewsOur Partners

OU Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation Partners With PlayNACL, ReachTV to Create Career Pipelines

NORMAN, OKLA., Sept., 8, 2022 –The University of Oklahoma Esports and Co-Curricular Innovation Department in the Division of Student Affairs has partnered with PlayNACL and…
September 8, 2022
OU Gaming Club Kicks Off 2022 with Back to School Back to SchoolDepartmental NewsEvent Coverage

OU Gaming Club Kicks Off 2022 with Back to School

With over $7,500 in sponsorships for food and giveaways, 375 attendees over the course of the weekend, and even more games to play, this event…
Genevieve Backes
Genevieve BackesAugust 30, 2022
OU Gaming Club Back to School 2022 Announced! Events, Giveaways, Fellowship! Back to SchoolDepartmental NewsEvent Coverage

OU Gaming Club Back to School 2022 Announced! Events, Giveaways, Fellowship!

LAST UPDATED: 8.18.22 @ 7PM For many of you who moved in earlier in August, you may have noticed our director Moog on the jumbotron…
ecci
ecciAugust 18, 2022
K20 and OU Esports Collaboration Departmental NewsInterviewsOur Partners

K20 and OU Esports Collaboration

Oklahoma public schools statewide have entered into the world of Esports. This has been made possible by organizations around the state providing the resources necessary…
Genevieve Backes
Genevieve BackesJune 2, 2022
The Importance of Community in Esports & Gaming, a Tribute to Drake “Dr. Ake” Brooks Departmental NewsReviewsSpotlights

The Importance of Community in Esports & Gaming, a Tribute to Drake “Dr. Ake” Brooks

Baby Moog, circa 1987 in West Germany with my Whiz Kid. When I first sat down to research and develop gaming and esports community structure…
ecci
ecciMay 10, 2022
Student Spotlight: Matthew Miller Departmental NewsInterviewsStudent Spotlights

Student Spotlight: Matthew Miller

The Graduating Stream DirectorMatthew Miller, the Stream Director for OU Esports and a senior meteorology major, has developed his love for streaming through his time…
Genevieve Backes
Genevieve BackesMay 5, 2022
End of Year Bash Departmental NewsEnd of YearEvent Coverage

End of Year Bash

OU Esports held its End of Year Bash this weekend, celebrating the year’s achievements and allowing students to gather and play games together before dead…
Will Edmonds
Will EdmondsMay 3, 2022
OU Esports Hosts Sooner Spring Clash Tournament Departmental NewsEvent CoverageNewsStudent Programming

OU Esports Hosts Sooner Spring Clash Tournament

The University of Oklahoma hosted the first Sooner Spring Clash tournament in the Armory on Friday, April 22. Sooner Spring Clash was a two-day Esports…
Genevieve Backes
Genevieve BackesApril 25, 2022
OU Giving Day Round Up Departmental NewsEvent CoverageFund RaisingNewsStudent Programming

OU Giving Day Round Up

OU Giving Day was held on April 14, 2022, an event to encourage donations to a wide variety of departments and organizations across OU. OU…
Genevieve Backes
Genevieve BackesApril 21, 2022
Student Spotlight: Zachary Satz Departmental NewsSpotlights

Student Spotlight: Zachary Satz

The Graduating Marketing DirectorFor Zach Satz, the Marketing Director for OU Esports and a senior art, technology and culture major in the College of Fine…
April 13, 2022
Solidus Scholarship Awardees – The First Class Departmental NewsSpotlightsStudent Programming

Solidus Scholarship Awardees – The First Class

Forest Dayne “Solidus” Sharp was a huge influence in the gaming community at OU, in Norman and across the state of Oklahoma. He is largely…
ecci
ecciApril 12, 2022
OU Giving Day April 14, 2022 – A Day of University Wide Fundraising Departmental NewsFund RaisingSpotlightsStudent Programming

OU Giving Day April 14, 2022 – A Day of University Wide Fundraising

On April 14, 2022 The University of Oklahoma will launch it's annual philanthropic day of giving aimed at supporting our programming across the entire surface…
ecci
ecciApril 11, 2022
The Game Jam Community General Gaming NewsReviews

The Game Jam Community

How quickly can a game be created? A month? A week? Less than 48 hours?Game Jams have pushed this idea to the limit for years,…
Will Edmonds
Will EdmondsFebruary 25, 2022
Student Spotlight: Michela Thompson Departmental NewsInterviewsSpotlightsStudent Spotlights

Student Spotlight: Michela Thompson

Michela Thompson, a senior public relations major at the University of Oklahoma and the current News and Media Director, has been a mainstay at the…
Emiliano Cardenas Ramos
Emiliano Cardenas RamosJanuary 31, 2022
Why You MUST Pay Attention to Esports General Gaming NewsReviews

Why You MUST Pay Attention to Esports

If the past month has told us anything about sports, storylines are what pays the bills and what gets people in the seats. Every sport…
all1
all1December 11, 2021
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About The Sooner Esports Media Outlet

This media outlet is a product of student journalistic practicum from our Creative Content program. It is focused on covering departmental news for OU ECCI as well as fixate on our competition, also referred to as "esports", program.

From reporting on upcoming seasons, spotlighting students across the program, providing perspective on competitive culture, and showcasing our teams in sanctioned competitions, the Sooner Esports media outlet serves as our process to grow student journalists and media specialists through the lens of esports narratives and context.

About The University of Oklahoma Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation Department (ECCI)

You can learn more at OU.EDU/ESPORTS.

© 2026 Sooner Esports. An OU Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation Media Outlet.

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