Usually I write this really upbeat blog, but today will be different. So prepare yourself for a change of pace. Normally I talk about all the...
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Bellingcat
The transparency movement has finally come of age. Power has shifted to the users. Their trust has to be earned in different ways now says Jay...
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If you’ve read some of my blogs, you probably figured I’m intrigued by closed societies, online groups of dissidents, that kind of thing. For this course...
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With our exploration of the history of VR in class, came very interesting stories. One that specifically caught my attention was the early sexual assault case...
Continue reading...Lemon, Loser, Lost History
Today, I am going to think ‘out loud’ again. Please bear with me. 213M Views in eight months. 25M Views in four weeks. Yonezu Kenshi, currently...
Continue reading...Part I: What’s in a Face?
High-Tech Faces The World’s first AI news presenter developed by Xinhua (China state news agency) and Sogou (Chinese search engine company) was recently unveiled ‘during China’s...
Continue reading...Humanity through VR
“It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I’ve never seen before in any other form of media. And it can change people’s perception of...
Continue reading...Everything Must Come to an End?
Does everything have to come to an end? According to Nelly Furtado, ‘all good things come to an end’. But how right is she? Is there...
Continue reading...The team behind FIFA
FIFA is a widely popular series of video games, released yearly to millions of eager fans all around the world. Boasting exclusive licenses from football leagues...
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In earlier posts (“Hatsune Miku,the idol who doesn’t exist” and later posts), I have written about Hatsune Miku being an idol that doesn’t exist, or referred...
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In the previous blog, I have written a post about what Agenda Setting is, and how the traditional Agenda Setting theory has changed with the...
Continue reading...Human emotions in virtual worlds
“How can we then say that something exists and at the same time is not real?” (Brey, 2014) Virtual enviroments are really powerful. Through them, humans can...
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Genealogy or family history is a popular pastime in Europe and still even more in the USA. Something we Westerners tend to forget is that many...
Continue reading...“Mobile gaming isn’t gaming”
Last week at BlizzCon 2018, a gaming convention held by the video game developer Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment announced its newest game: ‘Diablo Immortal’. This announcement...
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The (virtual) world of Neopets
Growing up, one of my fondest childhood memories were of me playing Neopets. I remember how excited I would be at the thought of being able...
Continue reading...The Social Media Algorithm
“I’m taking a break from social media” – every person alive, at some point, probably… A very common phrase that is uttered nowadays. The weight of...
Continue reading...Riddle Me This:
Learning through games is a concept that has been around for quite some time now. ‘Tricking’ children into learning seems to be what this concept is...
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