Stefán Karl Stefánsson and his contribution to the remix culture
I am writing this just moment after learning of Stefán's passing from years of fighting cancer, so emotions may be at play here. I apologize if that becomes too apparent in...
Largest Ransomware Cyber Attack, Could it have been prevented? – Thoughts from the Cyberverse
On Friday 12th of May 2017, the largest cyber attack in history took place. Over 74 countries saw government systems held ransom by online thieves. Among the affected were the...
Net Neutrality is at risk. Why is that bad? – Thoughts from the Cyberverse
Net Neutrality is a term that has been met with bored looks and shrugs for the past few years. It is a boring subject, but one that is extremely important...
Thoughts from the Cyberverse – Youtube’s mass emigration
A lot of youtubers have left YouTube, or at least scaled down their presence there. From high-profile gaming channels, like a big chunk of the Yogscast, going over to streaming...
How Youtube’s copyright claim system is completely one-sided and broken #WTFU
We have dealt with a lot of copyright claims on Youtube (and outside as well) during our almost 6 years in the business. Most of them have been dealt with...
“Goblin Keeper” Shutting Down
A few days ago, I received this email; So Gameforge has decided to close a game that we here at the Torch did quite a bit of stuff on. You...
Ten things you need to survive a haunted house
It is October and that means Halloween is drawing close. We were issued a request by Mancrates to put together a list of things to survive, should you ever find yourself on the wrong side of the screen during a horror film.
After some research, it turns out that the absolutely, definitive horror genre seems to be Haunted House, so here’s our list of the ten things we would absolutely need to survive if we ever got caught in a haunted house.
Thoughts from the Cyberverse: Hatred and the controversy around it
It has become somewhat of a regular piece now for me to comment on recent controversies, so here is my take on the recently released trailer for upcoming Destructive Creation...
Thoughts from the Cyberverse: Will TUG survive a Nerd Kingdom downsize?
Following the disastrous fall of developer Winterkewl Games and consequently the game Yogventures, gamer team Yogscast decided to put all their effort into backing a similar game, TUG. TUG developer...
Thoughts From the Cyberverse: Yogventures
Wow, we have not done one of these for a very long time, but something happened that makes me think that we need to talk about it. We like crowdfunding...