Let´s Play - Professional Views on Barriers and Potentials in Digital Gaming and E-Sports

Digital games are playing an increasingly important role in today´s youth culture. Related phenomena, such as Let´s Plays and e-sports are consumed by numerous adolescents but are also becoming increasingly prominent as career choices. This paper presents the results of a group interview with experts in the field of digital gaming and embeds the findings in a project that aims to elaborate pedagogical potentials of these practices in a school context. Our participants provide insights into their careers and, based on their experiences, discuss possible barriers to Let´s Plays and streaming in the pedagogical field, but also elaborate on competencies that can be strengthened through the creative, self-determined creation of gameplay-based media.