Geek Links of the Week

Are you an aspiring in the UK or Ireland and want to land a lead role in one of the biggest summer blockbusters of 2015? Well, they’re holding open auditions for Star Wars: Episode VII in London, Glasgow and Dublin starting next week. [BBC]

The folks at Wired look into the design process of the new PlayStation 4 and the major role played by former game dev turned PS4 hardware guru Mark Cerny. [Wired]

Remember that super secret job threatening thing the games industry was doing that could end Adam Sessler’s career and everyone was up in arms about even though there wasn’t a shred of evidence what he could be on about? It turns out that Sessler was making a mountain out of a… thing not even big enough to be a mole hill. [Original Gamer]

Good news: A new study says that gaming helps your brain. See, we all knew that gaming was a good thing. [Polygon]

How big are eSports and eSports sponsorships getting? Mainstream business publications are starting to take notice of where marketing dollars are going. [Fortune]

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About Steve Murray

Steve is the founder and editor of The Lowdown Blog and et geekera. On The Lowdown Blog, he often writes about motorsports, hockey, politics and pop culture. Over on et geekera, Steve writes about geek interests and lifestyle. Steve is on Twitter at @TheSteveMurray.

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