Fatemah grew up playing all kinds of games, initially finding a home in the very first installments of Counter-Strike and Warcraft. From there onward, it was pure grind — all day, all night.

In Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first threat faced by Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield's Company of Dwarves was a trio of trolls named William, Tom, and Bert. Thinking ...