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The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

Let’s play! Trinity University games online

Let’s play! Trinity University games online

Grab your controller and take a break with student gamers
Al Stubblefield, Arts Reporter October 24, 2024

Interested in competing against universities across the state or just hanging out and sharing games with friends? Trinity University Gaming (TU Gaming) provides opportunities for both with their esports...

The team competing in their recent SCAC competition

How TU Gaming became a community

Hint: it involves Super Smash Bros.
Madison Haxton, Reporting Intern April 28, 2022

TU Gaming started out pretty simply. A small group of Trinity students came together in 2018 to play games, relax and catch up with each other. Over the years, the club developed in order to accommodate...

TU Gaming seeks space for competitive esports

TU Gaming seeks space for competitive esports

Club tries to level up with push for new competition area and support from administration
Gloria Farris, News Reporter October 20, 2021

Trinity University’s gaming club is currently in the process of obtaining its own esports space to play in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) more competitively. To achieve this goal,...

Students hoop from home during quarantine

Students hoop from home during quarantine

Alejandra Gerlach April 23, 2020
Recreational Sports puts on virtual trick shot competition
The Trinity University Gaming club competes in the first-ever SCAC Esports Showdown

The Trinity University Gaming club competes in the first-ever SCAC Esports Showdown

Breton Smith April 10, 2019
Tigers play in their first video game tournament against other teams at Schreiner University.
Henry Lin

TU Gaming approaches SCAC esports tournament

Megan Flores February 27, 2019
Tigers to Prepare for an Inaugural Conference Competition
Photo credit: Alexandra Parris

TU Gaming and Classics Department try multiplayer gaming

Noelle Barrera October 17, 2018
Embarking on an odyssey of classics-inspired fun with the new "Assassin's Creed" game
From left: Sophomores William Ballengee, Tiffany Nguyen, Benjamin Gonzalez and Rachel Lopez play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the CSI Cube. Photo by Chloe Sonnier, staff photographer.

TU Gaming receives status as RSO

Cathy Terrace February 7, 2018

After some concern with how National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules would affect TU Gaming events, Student Involvement granted the competitive esports group registered student organization...

Point/Counterpoint: Games aren't sports, they're art

Point/Counterpoint: Games aren’t sports, they’re art

Noelle Barrera February 6, 2018

In another opinion piece in this week's Trinitonian, Tiffany Nguyen, William Ballengee and Rachel Lopez claim that online competitive “Esport” games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League...

graphic by Tyler Herron

Point/Counterpoint: Esports are evolutionary sports

Tiffany Nguyen February 5, 2018

Within the last decade, esports have been gaining more mainstream attention as more people become interested in online competitive games, such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), League of Legends...