So recently I have been playing the new Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Its the latest title of the Zelda series, available exclusively on the...
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Unpacking the Trend of Cozy Gaming
Earlier this year, on April 14th, YouTube featured a special logo (also known as a Yoodle) to celebrate the ‘cozy gaming community’. I’ve never been much...
Continue reading...My First Memory of the Digital
My younger brother Szymon turned thirteen this year. As an older sister who grew up in a time when access to the digital world was incomparably...
Continue reading...The impact of Digital Media: a contemporary view on history
Abstract: This essay aims to explore the impact of digital media on the perception of history, focusing on its effects on historical understanding, memory, and identity....
Continue reading...Video: Where Did Avatar Generations Go Wrong? Part 1
Sources used: Avatar Generations – Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTOmnwjYAI.Avatar Generations – Gameplay Walkthrough Part 2, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uidUfrn-wY.Avatar Generations – Gameplay Walkthrough Part 12, 2023....
Continue reading...Genshin Impact: Perfecting the “F2P” Model [Video Essay]
Sources •IGN, (28 Sept 2020). Genshin Impact – Official Launch Trailer [Video], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUY1nICQRY •Genshin Impact, (3 Nov 2023). Version 4.2 “Masquerade of the Guilty” Trailer [Video],...
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Before Your Eyes – Concepts of ‘Cyborgian’ Gaming
When we think of gaming, we often equate it with an immersive feeling – becoming “part of” a world different from our own by actively engaging...
Continue reading...PODCAST: “Are you a watcher or a player?”
A movie about an online game with romance in the background. Sounds like a perfect movie to laugh about with your friends. But if I tell...
Continue reading...NPC Streams: A New Viral Trend on TikTok Italia
Lately, TikTok has seen the rise of NPC streams. This trend has been introduced to Italy by creator Giuliana Florio, a 27-year-old girl from Naples. Every...
Continue reading...Pokémon Sleep – A case study in gamifying health!
My personal context for the podcast episode: Recently, I downloaded the app Pokemon Sleep after hearing a friend talk about it.The premise of the app is...
Continue reading...Online Arguments Gone Far: War Thunder
How accurate is accurate and how far people are willing to go for accuracy? This is the main question of the phenomenon that I will discuss....
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NFTs: Fad or the Future of Art?
The art world is no stranger to the increasingly rapid, and brutal, trend cycles of the digital age. Nonetheless, the desire to stick to our centuries...
Continue reading...Why are (strategic) management/logistics games so satisfying?
Exploring Wilderness in Minecraft
Minecraft is the most popular video game to this day. One of its hallmarks is its unbound territory that is free to explore by the player...
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Sorry, your blood can only be green
In order to allow more people to experience the charm of video games, most games now have built-in filters for violent content, which means that if...
Continue reading...A guy like you should wear a warning: The root of Toxicity in League of Legends
After writing several draft posts for my last blog, I have decided I might as well write it on League of Legends. This is the grave...
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