Bennett Newsome, arms crossed, against a red wall
Esports · Gaming · Content

Bennett
Newsome

aka DamnitBennett · Twitch Partner & content creator

Opening doors in gaming, on both sides of the screen. Director of Esports Growth & Development at Full Sail University and a decade-plus building community around FPS titles.

Role
Director, Esports Growth & Development
Org
Full Sail University, 20+ yrs
Creator
Twitch Partner, 10+ yrs
Focus
FPS, extraction & looter shooters
Based
Orlando, FL
Two roles, one mission

Institution by day. Creator the rest of it.

The work splits into two clear lanes, but the goal underneath stays the same: find people their way in.

The director

Bennett Newsome

Director of Esports Growth & Development, Full Sail University · 20+ years

For 20 years I have been part of Full Sail, now building its esports culture and supporting the Armada collegiate team. I connect collegiate esports to the wider industry and turn those connections into real opportunities for students.

  • Building Full Sail's esports culture and community
  • Supporting the Armada collegiate team
  • Host of Have Game Will Travel
  • Partnerships, activations, and talent coordination
The creator

DamnitBennett

Twitch Partner and content creator, 10+ years

I build community around FPS and extraction shooters and keep the door open for anyone who wants in. The Crabcore is proof that competitive gaming spaces can still be welcoming ones.

  • FPS focus: Gray Zone Warfare, Tarkov, Call of Duty, Destiny 2
  • Co-owner of Arcadian Glitch LLC and whereisxur.com
  • Co-host of XurWatch, a weekly Destiny 2 show
  • Home of the Crabcore community
Featured work

Have Game Will Travel

A live Twitch podcast where I interview esports leaders and industry guests, research their backgrounds, and highlight the wide range of careers in this space that reach well beyond raw gaming skill.

Every episode is part interview, part roadmap. The audience is students and aspiring professionals, so the questions are the ones they would want to ask if they had the chance to sit across from someone already there.

Watch on YouTube ↗
Format: Live podcast Home: Full Sail Armada Full playlist ↗
Track record

Who I've worked with

A decade-plus of collaborations across games, esports, pro sports, and charity, spanning brand activations, live events, and content.

Blizzard
Bungie
Epic Games
MadFinger Games
2K / NBA 2K
MSI
Corsair
Twitch
Rare Drop
DreamHack
PAX
E3
GCX
Extra Life
St. Jude
Special Olympics
Orlando Health
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Rays
+ many more
The channel

DamnitBennett & the Crabcore

A decade of building community around the games where one wrong move costs you everything. Gameplay, gear reviews, and esports education, across every platform that matters.

The games
Gray Zone Warfare Escape from Tarkov Call of Duty Destiny 2 Extraction shooters
Where to watch
Twitch YouTube TikTok Instagram Kick
The Crabcore

The community I have built is not named after a meta or a clan tag. It is the Crabcore, and the whole point is that the door stays open. Accessible, welcoming, and a little chaotic, the way the best lobbies are.

By the numbers

63,700 and counting

Combined reach across platforms, concentrated where tactical shooter content actually gets watched. Figures current as of early 2026.

Twitch
25,421
TikTok
22,021
X / Twitter
7,842
Instagram
5,041
YouTube
1,961
1.4M+
Total views · Jan to Apr 2026
3.59M
Minutes watched on Twitch
10+ yrs
Creating in the gaming space
Ventures & shows

Beyond the stream

Most of my off-stream work lives under Arcadian Glitch LLC, the studio I co-own. It builds and runs community tools and shows for the games my audience actually plays.

The studio · co-owner

Arcadian Glitch LLC

The umbrella behind the trackers and shows below, serving the Destiny 2 and Gray Zone Warfare communities. Built the same way every time: fast, accurate, and community-first.

Brand partners

Brands I represent

Corsair Kings Coast Coffee 1Shot Energy Gamer Advantage Urban Beard Nitrado

Corsair ambassador · code DAMNITBENNETT · cor.sr/damnitbennett

Whether I am hosting industry guests, running a major event activation, or building my own platform from scratch, the work is the same: opening doors and creating real opportunities for students and the broader gaming community.

That is the whole job, on both sides of the screen.
Connect

Find me, work with me

Industry partnership, a guest spot on the show, voiceover, or you just want to lurk in the Crabcore. Pick a platform.