academics
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Microtransactions Are Profit Giants, But How Do Gamers Feel About Them?
More than 40 per cent of the world’s population play video games. But besides being entertaining, digital games are a product. The need to bring in money from players is integral to game design.
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What Arrival Gets Right About Talking To Superintelligent Noisesquids From Space
It’s difficult for linguists to explain to people we meet what it is that we do, and why we are so fascinated with it. Finally, popular culture is giving us a reference point. Arrival doesn’t assume we’ll be able to communicate with aliens with some advanced technology that makes no sense. Instead, it explores how…