Phishing scams are communications that attempt to acquire personal and sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, often for malevolent reasons, by masquerading as trustworthy and often familiar brands.
#Peeple is a social app, scheduled to launch in November 2015, which met its doom a month prior to its release due to an internet outrage resulting from Peeple’s PR push which was riddled with marketing flaws.
With the recent passing of Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata, many mourners found solace contemplating his lifelong philosophy on game making, which is a gleaming allegory of the relationship between art, artists, and art lovers.
Being creative is a 24/7 lifestyle that can often lead to burnouts. It requires a certain way of life that compels you to make the most of your weekends; to re-energize and keep that creative spark alive. Here are some of my tips and tricks to have a lovely weekend:
We tend to put a spotlight on the worst the internet has to offer; so here’s a list highlighting positive people who make the world wide web a better place.
This week, I’ve been privileged to witness a very enthralling panel about the gaming industry organized by DigiBC, during which a few very thoughtful industry members discussed how the next billion dollar gaming phenomenon could be started in British Columbia.
According to Symantec’s chief operating officer and level 70 paladin, Stephen Gillett, being a World of Warcraft guild master is an exercise in leadership as his duties and responsibilities include: organizing dungeon raids, which requires mobilization of hundreds of guild members, managing the guild’s virtual finances, as well as recruiting key talents the guild needs in order to prosper.
Every popular cultural phenomenon tends to be appropriated by ideologues; The Force Awakens is no different but its unique tale of resistance by a diverse group of quirky characters against an almighty authoritarian empire is what sets the space saga apart.
On August 28th 2014, over a dozen articles were published by gaming magazines with titles that can be summarized as “Gamers Are Dead.” On that same evening, I sent an email to Ben Kuchera, the Senior Editor of Polygon, one of the magazines that attacked gamers the most vehemently, hoping that a journalist that I didn’t know too much about, but liked his articles, could voice the concerns of gamers who were caught in the crossfire of trolls harassing people on one side and a group of radical ideologues on the other.