Do ebooks dream of the burning of Z-Library?
Just last Friday, November 4, 2022, marked the fall of Z-Library, an online free ebook repository hailed as the internet’s largest “shadow library”. Shadow libraries are online databases of readily available content, generally free of charge, offering sources normally inaccessible to readers due to financial costs or membership requirements. Z-library once boasted a collection of […]
the Cyberpunk series: form decides content?
September 13, 2022 marked the premiere of the web anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners on Netflix. The anime series, produced by Studio Trigger, is based on the video game Cyberpunk 2077 developed by CD Projekt Red. The synopsis of the show reads “a standalone episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology […]
Dating Simulators…but with Supreme Court Justices?
The video game/dating simulator Supreme Courtship prides itself in being “The world’s first judicial friendship simulator!” Though its premise sounds awfully silly, the game is actually intended to educate players about the American government by getting them to date Supreme Court Justices through a dating/befriending simulator. In the game, all of the Justices have been […]
Gatcha games: a form of virtual gambling?
Gatcha games, are video games that implement the gacha machine mechanic. The term ‘gatcha’ comes from the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a capsule toy machine makes. In gatcha games, players spend in-game currency to “pull” a reward, often in the form of collectable characters, cards, or other items. Although in-game currency can generally be […]