Bits: The Byteside Blog
A platform of certainty
Knowing there's firm footing ahead makes big ideas easier to pursue.
When tabletop and digital worlds converge
Storytelling through tabletop mechanics
The quality of our questions
Back to basics for the media industry - or is it too late?
Mise-en-scène
Enjoying Japanese cinema through videogames.
How to hack your Netflix profile recommendations
If your profiles are just people's names, you're doing it wrong.
Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook review: a great Google experience
Is impressive hardware enough to recommend the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook as a good entry point into the Google ecosystem?
Marvelling at the horizon
Learning more about a game helps deepen the enjoyment
The cost of losing everything
We need to get more emotional to convince people to protect their data
Playstation sells 19 millionth PS5, might finally make consoles faster soon
With all the chip shortages, Playstation has sold millions less than the PS4 at the same stage in its lifecycle.
Fortnite finally free on iPhone? Thank Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft has opened up free access to its Xbox Cloud Gaming in a partnership with Epic to stream Fortnite to your iPhone or iPad.
D&D Direct showed off everything cool about tabletop RPGs
Diversity, exciting new settings and more featured in an exciting first D&D Direct presentation from Wizards of the Coast.
Understanding the magic of Horizon Forbidden West makes it more special
How an expert video analysis made me appreciate the technical prowess of Horizon Forbidden West even more.
Disco Elysium devs headline game narrative event LudoNarraCon 2022
Studio ZA/UM writers Justin Keenan and Arho Tuulik will share how Disco Elysium's brilliant narrative was made at LudoNarraCon 2022.
The kids are bopping again... this week
Slang at the speed of meme culture.
Australian govt ironically surprises everyone with loot box classification announcement
Not even the local games industry was expecting the Coalition to make an election announcement about loot boxes.
Why one cute hamster says everything you need to know about what online learning should be
Online learning needs to be about relationships, not just info dumping, or it is destined to fail to support the messy, real world needs of students.
Logitech Litra Glow makes your face look good in video calls
Litra Glow is an easy-to-use and powerful USB light from Logitech perfect for content creators and office workers alike.
More "freedom from", please
Why did "freedom to" advocates become so focused on punching down?
Editing on Twitter is a fraught idea
Does that retweet you said you loved still say what it said when you retweeted it?
SEO is killing online search
Google and its monopoly on search is making it harder for us to find what we want + more in the latest Byteside newsletter.
