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#Notifications reveals how Twitter dehumanizes us all

30 Apr 2015 3 min read News

There’s no winning the Twitter battle in #Notification Twitter toxicity finally gets its own hellish, never ending runner #Notifications reminds us to see the human behind the troll Get caught in the catch-22 of a Twitter mob in #Notifications

The toxicity and empathy of social media, in videogame form

27 Apr 2015 6 min read Article

Killing Time at Light Speed evokes the turmoil of last fall the way most people experienced it.

Glitch Wizard makes corrupting media as easy as applying Instagram filters

22 Apr 2015 3 min read News

Glitches aren’t just a subcategory of digital art anymore. Adopted and popularized in various forms by everything from Marble Hornets to Game Jolt, the aesthetic has become the latest social media craze to transform average Joes with an iPhone and a Wi-Fi connection into true artistes. And while tha

How one forum is trying to create a safe space for women in game development

13 Mar 2015 4 min read Article

MakeGame is a model for better discourse.

Why one police department is using the "All Your Base" meme

30 Jan 2015 2 min read News

In 2003, seven young men were arrested by police in Sturgis, Michigan for posting signs of the now-ubiquitous videogame meme, “All your base are belong to us,” all across town. At the time, local residents interpreted the prank in light of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the Sturgis Police Ch