Twitch and YouTube chess star Levy Rozman has faced over a week of sustained harassment after…
Author: Cecilia D'Anastasio
Twitch’s First Transparency Report Is Here—and Long Overdue
The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user…
How Google’s Grand Plan to Make Stadia Games Fell Apart
The tech giant hired 150 game developers for Stadia Games and Entertainment, only to lay them…
The Woman Bulldozing Video Games’ Toughest DRM
For Empress, cracking titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals Fenyx Rising is more than…
The Rot of Riot Games Culture Starts at the Top
CEO Nicolo Laurent continues to employ multiple top executives who have been accused of sexism and…
The Gaming Platforms That Let Streamers Profit From Hate
WIRED has found dozens of far-right and white supremacist figures monetizing their livestreams through “donation management…
D&D Must Grapple With the Racism in Fantasy
And getting rid of it will take a lot of work.
A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns ****
The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short…
The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster’s ‘Pokémon Snap’ Station
Nintendo is releasing a new version of the game in April. But nothing can replace the…
In Minecraft, All the Server’s a Stage
A pixelated political drama has played out in the sandbox game since May—drawing millions of viewers…