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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...Podcast: Streams of Twitch with DutchTristan!
This is the first episode of a two-part podcast series about Twitch streaming. In this episode DutchTristan answers some burning questions about what streaming is all...
Continue reading...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...Best Experience at A’DAM VR Game Park
Level Design in Souls Games
New Game, now with Extra Glitches
Maybe you have heard of the new Pokémon game release, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The game seems like any other in the franchise, but it has...
Continue reading...Podcast WASD–Make it harder!
This week we talk about the game’s high difficulty and self-imposed challenges. The Pokemon community is (in)famous for the Nuzlocke challenge, which sets the rules that...
Continue reading...Horror games: why we enjoy being scared
In my previous posts, I’ve discussed RPGs like Genshin and World of Warcraft as well as the MOBA League of Legends. Why people play them, varying...
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...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...
Continue reading...Podcast: Tea Time Talks with Gamers!
Death Stranding: Why We Connect?
Death Stranding is an open-world walking simulator with action elements, released in November 2019 by the Kojima Productions of the legendary game producer Hideo Kojima. The...
Continue reading...Walking Simulators: Interactive Storytelling in Video Games
Before video games were a widespread form of entertainment, stories usually only came from movies and books. Even when they did start to pick up steam...
Continue reading...I almost became a toxic gamer
Just this past weekend, Rainbow 6 Siege (R6S) welcomed me back after four years of being afked with 12 straight losses; but what really disappointed me...
Continue reading...If You be Funkey
Have you ever heard of Skylanders? You know, it’s that one video game that uses a physical base platform on top of which you place these...
Continue reading...How Electronic Arts’ greed killed in-game lootboxes in the Netherlands (for a time).
If you own a smart-device, chances are that you downloaded a free to play (F2P) game at least once. However, you might have quickly realized that...
Continue reading...Twitch’s New Policy
Most of us, if not all, are aware of the livestreaming platform Twitch. If not, allow me to explain a little about it. Twitch is a...
Continue reading...How can video games contribute to human-friendly architecture?
Have you ever had the wish to be more included in the creation of the built environment around you? I’m sure most of you played the...
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