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PS5 vs Xbox Scarlett
Sony officially announced that the PlayStation 5 would be coming out in the near future. Also, Xbox came out with a bit of a teaser calling their new Xbox: Project Scarlett. It’s tough to compare the two because they are so early in the stages of announcements but there are some comparisons that we can […]
User Engagement through Increased Privacy?
Last week it was revealed that Facebook is testing publicly hiding ‘like’ counts in Australia. Metrics will still be available on the creator’s side but not to the view of the general public. A similar test was recently completed by Instagram this past April. Instagram is owned by Facebook. The goal of these initiatives seems […]
Does Fortnite intentionally cause addiction?
A Montréal law firm has filed a lawsuit against Epic Games, the producer of Fortnite. The basis of the lawsuit: The game Fortnite allegedly was created to intentionally make their players addicted. The lawsuit claims that the brain releases the happiness hormone dopamine when a player is playing for a long time. This can be […]
Blizzard Suspends Hearthstone Player For Hong Kong Support, Pulls Prize Money
https://kotaku.com/blizzard-suspends-hearthstone-player-for-hong-kong-supp-1838864961 A Hearthstone player came out in support of the Hong Kong protests recently during a stream. Blizzard removed him from a competition, suspended him for a 12 years from competitive play, and rescinded his prize money for supposedly violating its official competition rules for the tournament. In my opinion, the rule itself reads more […]
Loot Box Presentation – October 2, 2019
Hello class We are presenting on loot boxes tomorrow and wanted to give you some contextual articles that could help you prepare for our presentation. These are some optional readings. Please have a look at them, they are short. We will be touching on the history of loot boxes, the updates in the media about […]
Cloud Gaming’s Implications for the Video Game Industry
News of Google Stadia has been met with a mix of enthusiasm and skepticism. On one hand, there’s definitely appeal in the prospect of being able to play games on any device with access to Google Chrome without having to purchase a console. In addition, Google Stadia seems to be taking a step forward in […]
Court decision in France: Steam users should be allowed to resell their games
Pretty big news from France: Four years after the French consumer protection association “Union Fédérale des Consommateurs (UFC) – Que Choisir” filled a lawsuit against Valve’s Steam on the basis of a clause in its store policy that disallows the resell of games or Steam accounts, on penalty of being banned from the platform. The […]
Playing for the Planet: The rise of Climate Change video games
Have you ever stopped to think about the carbon emissions of the cars you race in GTA? Ever thought about whether your Sim’s shower is water efficient or whether you should really cut that tree down in Minecraft? Some of us might not think about these things in our real lives, let alone our virtual […]
Music in Sports Games
I wanted to post about the influence music has on the gaming world. Growing up I loved video games, especially sports games (NHL, NBA & FIFA) and the soundtrack in sports games are so influential on the gamers. I can honestly say that there are songs from NHL 2002 onwards that I could recite word […]
Gambling in Video Games – Loot Boxes
Gambling in Video Games – Loot Boxes There is news regarding the dealing with Loot Boxes in Video Games. A few days ago the UK MP stated that in their opinion the use of Loot Boxes should be banned for children and that Loot Boxes are gambling and should be regulated according to the […]