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8 Design Tips to Make Your Blog or Shop Stand Out
17.12.2021
Using the popular and number one rated Zeen theme as a reference, we'll show you eight modern ways to take your website to the next level.
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Kickstarter Announces Blockchain Future, Doubles Down After Users Say 'No Thank You'
17.12.2021
Last week, Kickstarter made a rather terrible announcement: the crowd-funding platform would be switching its services to the blockchain, somewhere it absolutely does not need to go, but feels compelled to anyway by the lure of...something. Probably money.Read more
Bob Ross Died Fighting Profit-Driven Vultures Only For Them To Turn Him Into A Funko Pop NFT
15.12.2021
Beloved painter Bob Ross died in 1995 due to complications from lymphoma, but before he passed away he made it very clear to the world that he didn’t want his likeness used for profit. But recently, Pop figurine maker Funko went in on the hot new digital grift by turning turned Ross into an...
Case Study: A Unique Website for Basement Grotesque
13.12.2021
A look behind the scenes of the website built for Basement Grotesque, the open-source typeface of basement.studio
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Peter Molyneux's Next Game Is A 'Blockchain Business Sim' Featuring NFTs Because The Future Sucks
12.12.2021
Have you been wondering what ol’ Peter Molyneux has been up to lately? Well, in a move that very few will find surprising, the infamous designer is jumping into the world of blockchain gaming and NFT bullshit. His next game, Legacy, is built entirely around the technology and “crypto gaming.”Read...
Ubisoft First Major Pub To Befoul Own Game With NFTs
8.12.2021
Ubisoft just announced Ubisoft Quartz, an NFT initiative which allows people to buy artificially scarce digital items using cryptocurrency. This announcement represents the AAA-industry’s first real foray into NFTs, which a lot of people absolutely hate because they are a massive scam. Other major...
Australian Video Games Industry Is Getting Its Own Union
7.12.2021
Game Workers Unite Australia, a body that had previously been an advisory and support organisation, announced today that early next year it will be transitioning to becoming a full-blown union.Read more
Twitch's Best Virtual Bartender Wants To Help Viewers With Addiction
6.12.2021
It’s not every day that you hear about a VTubing bartender whose goal is not to encourage people to get shitfaced but rather to help them avoid overindulging their vices. But, then, Twitch streamer Takahata101 isn’t your average VTuber. Previously a gaming streamer, on New Year’s Eve of 2020...
2021’s BTC Obituary List Accelerated This Year, 41 Alleged Bitcoin Deaths Recorded
6.12.2021
As bitcoin and a number of crypto assets have dropped in value during the last two weeks, its seems that everyone’s hope for six-digit bitcoin prices has become unattainable. However, year-to-date, bitcoin has risen more than 150% in value and despite the rise, skeptics and critics continue...
Twitch Is Now Using Machine Learning To Target Ban Evaders
1.12.2021
Twitch is about to roll out a new tool called Suspicious User Detection, which aims to do exactly what it says on the box: try and detect users who are being suspicious. More specifically, those trying to evade existing bans. Read more
Less Than 5 Percent Of Managers At Nintendo HQ Are Women
30.11.2021
Following internal comments by Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser earlier this month about allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination at Activision Blizzard, Nintendo has updated its Corporate Governance document today with a new commitment to “increase the proportion of women...
Using the Reflog to Restore Lost Commits
30.11.2021
This article is part of our “Advanced Git” series. Be sure to follow us on Twitter or sign up for our newsletter to hear about future articles!
The “Reflog” is one of Git’s lesser-known features—but one that can be extremely …
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They’re Here! 10 Best Cyber Monday 2021 Deals for Designers and Agencies
29.11.2021
A list of great Cyber Monday deals and bargains for designers and agencies.
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Japan Has Black Friday For Some Reason
26.11.2021
Thursday was Thanksgiving, but Japan doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. That hasn’t stopped Japanese retail from rolling out Black Friday sales. Read more
Woman Steals $680,000 To Spend On Gambling Game That Never Paid Out
26.11.2021
A woman has plead guilty to fraud charges after using her position as the accounts manager at a veterinary hospital to steal around $680,000, which she spent entirely on a mobile gambling game that did not and could not ever pay out with real cash.Read more
Video Game Faces Might Finally Start Bridging The Uncanny Valley
25.11.2021
Photorealistic faces in video games have been with us for a while, but they’ve still been a long way from what you’d call realistic, as while we’ve got the polygons and texturing almost perfected, facial animations remain are still stuck in the depths of the uncanny valley.Read more
PlayStation Faces Gender Discrimination Lawsuit From Former Staffer
23.11.2021
Sony is facing a suit alleging pay disparity, wrongful termination, and other instances of gender-based discrimination. As Axios reports, a former IT staffer filed suit in California district court yesterday.Read more
Activision's Damage Control Reaches Sad New Low
23.11.2021
Faced with internal unrest, plummeting share prices and a growing public relations disaster, the men and women at the very top of Activision Blizzard—the senior executives and board of directors—should all be resigning. Instead, they’ve put out a desperate press release in the middle of the night...
GameStop Meme Stock Villain Buys Copy Of The Constitution For $43 Million
20.11.2021
Here are some words I never thought I’d type: the hedge fund CEO that bailed out GameStop short sellers earlier this year just secretly outbid a hyped-up bunch of crypto lords for an ultra rare copy of the original U.S. Constitution. Earlier this year, billionaire Kenneth Griffin became public...
Someone Right-Clicked Every NFT In The Heist Of The Century
18.11.2021
Hours ago, a website appeared online with the express purpose of hosting a nearly 20TB torrent (that’s terabytes, folks, the big boys of digital data measurement) containing every NFT available through the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.Read more