internet culture
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New Streamer Awards Show Designs Trophy After Pepe The Frog For Some Reason
The Streamer Awards, an awards ceremony dedicated to livestreaming (and not to be confused with The Streamy Awards), hosted its first-ever show on March 12. Founded and organised by cooking streamer QTCinderella, the celebration pulled in 380,000 concurrent viewers, as big-name broadcasters like Hasanabi and Pokimane made appearances to pick up their golden trophies. However,…
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The Disappointing New Windows 11 Emojis Are Yet Another Reason to Stick With Windows 10
There are plenty of reasons why you might not be rushing out to upgrade to Windows 11. Emojis might be low on that list, but the fact that Microsoft isn’t delivering on the three-dimensional pop-out emoji it promised us months ago is not a great sign.
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Pokémon Go’s Reddit Goes Dark In Protest Against Site Inaction
Pokémon Go creators Niantic recently proved slow in addressing widespread fears about the game forcing players into close proximity with other humans amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, in a ripple from that, the game’s Reddit sub, r/pokemongo, has switched itself to ‘private’, in response to what they see as Reddit’s failure to adequately police the…
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The Kick-Arse Shit Women In The Game Industry Don’t Get Enough Credit For
The games industry is in a moment of reckoning. Over the past few weeks, a series of damning reports have shed details about the culture of harassment experienced by women at the hands of big gaming companies like Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard.