Levelling up: why Netflix and TikTok are turning to gaming to secure their future

Levelling up: why Netflix and TikTok are turning to gaming to secure their future

The streaming wars are heating up. In March, Disney delayed the release date of Obi-Wan Kenobi to May 27 to coincide with the launch of Netflix’s top show, Stranger Things. This on the back of Google’s announcement YouTube Shorts had matched TikTok’s 1.5 billion subscribers in the short-form video market. Facing increased competition, falling subscriber numbers and loss of content, Netflix and TikTok are…

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The 25 Best PC Games to Play Right Now

The 25 Best PC Games to Play Right Now

The PC gaming landscape has shifted in recent years, both in terms of technological advancements in graphics cards and gaming monitors and in the makeup of IGN’s PC gaming staff and contributors. As a result, outside of some real stalwarts, our list of the best modern PC games is substantially different compared to years past. To be clear, this…

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How to Avoid Crypto Bear Market Mistakes and Be Ready for the Next Bull Run

How to Avoid Crypto Bear Market Mistakes and Be Ready for the Next Bull Run

Cryptocurrency prices have plummeted, some crypto projects have gone bust, many companies are struggling and have stopped hiring, and the usual “crypto is dead” headlines are hitting the mainstream media. Things aren’t looking good. But those who have been in crypto for a while have seen it all before. Crypto’s extremely cyclical, characterized by  bull and…

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How Some Games Keep You Playing

How Some Games Keep You Playing

In his book, Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping psychologist and security camera footage enthusiast Paco Underhill reported on his research into a variety of triggers for our shopping behavior.1 One of his findings involves butts. Literal derrieres. And I think it explains why I’ve been playing so much of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy on the…

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Sure, video games want to get you hooked on spending. But there’s no evidence they can manipulate you

Sure, video games want to get you hooked on spending. But there’s no evidence they can manipulate you

The ABC’s latest Four Corners report is an investigation into how videogames are “deliberately designed to get people hooked”. It describes the use of gambling-like “loot boxes” in games, the hotly debated notion of videogame addiction and, to a lesser extent, the “predatory techniques” of using user data and AI to increase spending in freemium games (free to play games…

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Poki Games on The Internet

Poki Games on The Internet

Poki games Recently, more and more users have come across the phrase Poki games on the Internet. On various online sites, you can find a lot of these games from different categories. And while they have diverse plots and graphics, they are united by one name: Poki. So what does this name mean? It all started…

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Joking Hazard (2016) – Accessibility Teardown (NSFW)

Joking Hazard (2016) – Accessibility Teardown (NSFW)

Games like Joking Hazard often get treated with casual disdain in the hobbyist game reviewer space. ‘Not really for us’, we sniff while quaffing vintage meeples from a plastic goblet. ‘Gauche. Vulgar. Base. Low art’, we sneer while liberally loading refined d20 pate onto cardboard crackers. And yet, these games are popular in a way that most games…

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