“Hi, there! I’ll be here to answer any of your questions.”, reads a chatbot, including a photograph of a smiling employee on the side. Were you...
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Among Us: Art Reflecting the Society
Limitation: When we say that “art is a reflection of society”, there are various aspects that need to be taken into account and I wrote this...
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Just like the majority of people from my generation, I have and use TikTok. I grew up with Vine so I was excited to see another...
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Why was I not surprised when it was brought up in the Digital Media lecture that a ‘female’ Pac-Man character was created? Because this is what...
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A virtual game from my childhood
Whenever people think about virtual worlds in video games the most common associations are with games such as Second Life or World of Warcraft or maybe...
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Mom, people on the Internet don’t like me
My first thought was “I am too old for this”. When I joined TikTok a few months ago my main objective was to try and get...
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We all know the typical influencer: pictures on the beach, doing yoga at sunset, have a cute dog and the perfect relationship. Good sense of style,...
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We all use different modes of transport everyday (such as bicycles, trams, motorbikes, buses or planes). (irrelevant info but fun stuff: do you know what a...
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Being from the U.S. and as the ideals from my home country have spread across the world, one of the biggest ones is the First Amendment...
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Introduction Since the internet era began in the 1990s, we have used the web to do and explore so many things. Nowadays, we can inform ourselves...
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It is pretty clear that the year 2020 was quite chaotic for many industries but for some of them, many doors are opened for experimentation, especially...
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Your favorite YouTuber and ISIS have more in common than you think [NOT CLICKBAIT] [MAYBE A LITTLE]
If you clicked on this post, I can only imagine you’re here to find out how someone like David Dobrik and prolific terrorist organization ISIS could...
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When thinking of indie games, some famous examples include Hello Game’s No Man’s Sky in it’s beautiful polygonal rendering, Toby Fox’s Undertale, made in 32-bit sprites,...
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Recently we have talked extensively about computer games and virtual worlds created by humans. However, I want to talk about a physical game that we brought...
Continue reading...Digital Archaeology (video)
Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RZVMlKHCa3_A-Y2uvjI7Ti4HxILt-Mlz/view?usp=sharing Sources and links: Websites & videos YaleCampus – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0EVnOqvguQ&t=76s&ab_channel=YaleCampus Music by Chill by Sakura – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2tXC1pXNo&ab_channel=AudioLibrary%E2%80%94Musicforcontentcreators Ancientathens3d – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWPCZ1UjYmI&t=61s&ab_channel=AncientAthens3D JamestownRediscovery – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Of2cjj3nEw&t=9s&ab_channel=JamestownRediscovery Michigan...
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It is all over the news: Pedohunters. Two weeks ago, a 73-years-old man from Arnhem, Holland, passed away as a result of his injuries after a...
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