Inventing North Korea: Internet Culture and the Hermit Kingdom
Source: quickmeme.com The hacking of Sony Pictures’ The Interview generated a wave of amusement and derision towards the suspected North Korean culprits that came...
Your Lightsaber is a Terrible Idea: Reflections on the Collected Wisdom of the Internet
The teaser trailer for the seventh Star Wars movie hit the internet the day after Thanksgiving. As expected, it unleashed a torrent of commentary...
Digital Life, the Eternal Now, and the End of Linear Time
You’ve seen it happen. A photo from years ago suddenly appears on social media with a new comment, and the original poster wonders why...
Hong Kong and China: Two Systems of Social Media, One Country
As protests broke out on the streets of Hong Kong in late September 2014, one of the first actions the Chinese government took was...
Creating the Game: An Interview with Jamie Tucker, an Independent Game Designer
In the summer of 2014, Daniel Fandino spoke with Jamie Tucker about growing up on games, game design, fan feedback, and the forthcoming Lovers...
Insubstantial Pageants: Virtual Goods, Lost Worlds and an Impermanent Future
From accidentally deleted term papers to canceled massively multiplayer online games to vanished Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan sites on Geocities, the modern internet...
The Curious Life of Memes
Memes have become a ubiquitous part of internet culture. Keyboard Cat, Doge and Overly Attached Girlfriend are just a few of the thousands of...
Making History with “Twitch Plays Pokémon”
After 390 hours of sometimes frustrating game play, over 100,000 people who were simultaneously playing the traditionally single player game Pokémon Red managed to...
One Life, One World
The internet has undergone a fundamental shift in character. Where once the internet was defined by its anonymous nature and as a space for...
Lost in Translation
The Internet is a worldwide meeting ground where vast amounts of information are transferred and stored. However, to make sense of it all, information...