What is cybersquatting?
The rise of the digital has brought us lots of weird terms, and cybersquatting is one of them. It is derived from the term “squatting” which...
Continue reading...Virtual concerts; yay or nay?
Is digital media the new medium for musicians to share music with the world? Do people actually prefer digital concerts? These are the types of questions...
Continue reading...The video games you bought are not yours!
Your Steam library may contain a lot of games; but are they really yours? They probably just came from a rental! As a licensing control technology,...
Continue reading...Unnamed Podcast Episode 7: Digital scams, phishing and the online protection arms race
Hello and welcome to the seventh podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this episode, Gijs is host and introduces the...
Continue reading...Online curatorial project; Design and Violence
Museum exhibitions have a function of an indicator that shows the socio-political state of the period. By displaying what kind of framework they have at the...
Continue reading...The Library is Burning – but who burns with it?
To this day, many people still mourn the library of Alexandria – the source of unlimited knowledge, sadly lost to fire and time. The books we’ll...
Continue reading...“𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦” ~The Weeknd
The exhibition A group photography exhibition titled “Home: A Photographic Outlook” opened on November 10, 2022, and it will be on view there through February 6,...
Continue reading...The Digital Dark Age – Digital History, Burning like the Library of Alexandria
Welcome to Apple Land: Technological Ecosystems
I was recently listening to the FLAGRANT podcast, hosted primarily by comedians Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh. I’ve seen some clips before on my YouTube Shorts...
Continue reading...Tumblr “Resurgence”
Almost all of us are aware of the current situation of Twitter. However, if you somehow have not heard of it, I’ll give you some context....
Continue reading...FLA(c)K Podcast episode 1: webtoon and Webtoon – part 2
Audio Transcript Disclaimer: this is our first podcast ever so beware of a lot of stopwords and awkward phrasing. To make this podcast more easily understandable and accessible,...
Continue reading...FLA(c)K Podcast episode 1: webtoon and Webtoon – part 1
Audio Transcript Disclaimer: this is our first podcast ever so beware of a lot of stopwords and awkward phrasing. To make this podcast more easily understandable...
Continue reading...What’s the hype (house)? Podcast
A Look Into Japan’s Nightlife Culture
What are the things that come to mind when you think about Japan? Most people I’ve spoken to mention things like the cleanliness, politeness, and overall...
Continue reading...Sick anime opening makes my brain go brr – why?
There’s an anime opening animation that makes my brain go insane for some reason, and it turns out it’s because of all the pop culture references in it. somehow that relates to us living in a society.
Continue reading...What’s the hype (house)? Podcast
When will the Games Done Quick bubble burst?
The schedule for the speedrunning event Awesome Games Done Quick‘s 2023 edition was released this week. As I am a longtime follower of these events, I...
Continue reading...Unnamed Podcast Episode 6: Twitter’s drama and the concept of Mega-Apps
Hello and welcome to the sixth podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this episode, Max is fortunately back! He is...
Continue reading...China’s game censorship and fragile national pride
I’m sure those of you who play video games regularly and are also interested in various humanities disciplines have noticed that video games can’t teach you...
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