US school uses gaming tournament to connect students


  • TECH
  • Friday, 12 Sep 2014

Americans may think of presidential challenges as part of long-forgotten gym classes packed with endurance runs, pull-ups and other strenuous tasks that no student ever sees a president complete.

For the Art Institute of Pittsburgh's President's Gaming Challenge _ a 3-hour March Madness-style video game tournament starring Respawn Entertainment's blockbuster Xbox exclusive Titanfall , school president George Sebolt was not only front and center for the action but was challenging students to knock him and his team of staffers off the bracket, a task he admitted would be a lot easier than the team name, "Presidential Pain," implied.

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