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Consumentenbond goes Twitter (and hopefully learns from it)

The Dutch consumers union, the ‘Consumentenbond’, wants to reach new audiences. With their monthly magazine, readers can figure out which broom or coffee machine is the best buy, often leaving out impurities of production methods (well, not always). This time, noticed by a friend, they announced a debate to be held on Twitter. The topic would [...]

Another day, another dungeon

Whenever there’s something happening in the Massive-Multiplayer Online RPG field, I find myself searching for what all the fuzz is about. This time it was with Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO). In this case, especially as D&D newbie, it is again very hard to find the significances. But hey, I take it as a challenge.

Battlefield 1943 and self critical shooters

A while ago, when hanging out at my place with a few friends, we we’re checking out the different games I had download on my Playstation 3. As I eagerly demonstrated them one by one, I didn’t really succeed at enthusing Battlefield 1943 (BF1943) for what I think it is: a blend between an arcade [...]

Does Twitter promote writing?

The following article was also posted on the Masters of Media blog: Over the years Twitter has gradually developed, meanwhile its practices have also changed drastically. The contemporary celebrities took their places, the early adopters started exploring the potentials while lobbying about it and ultimately the platform rapidly started to expand in terms of functionality. [...]