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Gamers win scholarships

Thursday September 6, 2012 12:57 PM By Daryl Thomen

Twitch, also known as TwitchTV, is the world’s

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Who would have ever thought that playing video games could lead to a scholarship?

According to Twitch, an online broadcasting community for gamers to watch and share live streams, announced the winners of their first Twitch & Alienware Scholarship for outstanding student gamers. Sponsored by gaming peripherals manufacture SteelSeries, the competition awarded $50,000 in scholarships based...

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