Creators

Though they’re wildly different games on the surface, Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2 are sequels representing massive achievements for their respective studios. In an IGN interview, Remedy’s Sam Lake and Insomniac’s John McAdam discuss some of the intricacies of game development, and how they dealt with having two protagonists. Alan Wake 2‘s story is split between Alan Wake the writer, and Saga Anderson the FBI agent who has been dragged into a twisted tale. In Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker’s back but he shares the spotlight…

Move over Mean Girls, we have a new Christmas dance in town! A Christmas-themed video recently went viral on the internet and it is a dance-off between a group of girls and a flock of chickens. Dubbed the ‘chicken dance' by netizens, this video is both entertaining and hilarious and people on social media cannot have enough of it. It is being shared across platforms and so far, we have seen it on TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, and even in WhatsApp group chats. So, where did this video come from, who made it, and why is…

Image Source : YOUTUBE BLOG POST YouTube launches "BrandConnect" for creators in India YouTube, owned by Google, has introduced "BrandConnect," its branded content platform, in India for eligible creators and select advertisers. This platform aims to simplify the collaboration between creators, top brands, and leading agencies for creating, promoting, and measuring…

On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena, lit with violet spotlights and surrounded by crowds of fans holding lightsticks. The streamer opened the show dressed in a vivid purple skirt, magenta bow tie and high white boots that matched her jacket — a ritzy version of her avatar’s usual sailor-style school uniform. “Please be patient with us. This show has a lot of tech … it’s as live as it comes,” Filian said during her opening remarks. “It’s not rocket science, but it could be.” Filian, a…

Screenshot: NetflixWhen Netflix first announced it was bringing the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender to live-action, it was doing so with the help of the people who helped shape it in the first place: Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino. Then, two years later, they suddenly weren’t. And for remaining showrunner Albert Kim, that lead to some tough decisions.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor Picks “You’d have to be an idiot not to be intimidated a little bit,” Kim told…

Days after freeing the (fictionalized) nipple, Twitch is backtracking on its “artistic nudity” policy that allowed streamers to show illustrated, animated or sculpted renderings of breasts, butts and genitals. The announcement comes days after Twitch announced sweeping updates to its sexual content policy, which streamlined the platform’s community guidelines and allowed nudity in certain contexts, such as art streams. The reversal comes after many in Twitch’s art community, who have long rallied for the platform to…

Substack is back in the news lately, though this time it’s not for looming money problems. It’s for worse problems—Nazi problems. At the end of November, The Atlantic published a piece by writer Jonathan Katz titled simply, “Substack has a Nazi problem.” His argument was essentially that the newsletter-publishing platform hosts, so therefore profits from, a larger number of white-supremacy newsletters than he—and for that matter, most regular readers—probably ever expected.At least 16 of the newsletters that I reviewed…

The creator economy is already estimated to be a $250 billion industry and is projected to hit $480 billion in just four more years, according to research from Goldman Sachs. However, only around 4% of global creators consider themselves professionals.Part of the creator economy’s growing pains has been creators learning as they go. The resources for a more formalized approach to developing the craft and business acumen of being a creator is still nascent, which is exactly where Whalar is leaning in.The Lighthouse…

The many lives of cats will be put to the test in Feral, a new horror comic book from Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner. The duo are the creators of the Stray Dogs, a surprise hit that took a cute and cuddly approach to subvert the serial killer genre, like a Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs. That mini-series, released in 2021, has sold nearly one million copies across all formats, according to Image Comics, the publisher behind the titles, and Paramount picked up the movie rights for an…

Comment sections can be a place of both community and animosity, with the speed of responses presenting a moderation challenge. YouTube is attempting to find a happy balance, announcing additional comment controls for creators — most notably the option to pause comments. The company trialed the feature and is now rolling it out to everyone.The option to pause allows for existing comments to remain visible while not allowing other accounts to submit any more. Previously, creators could only disable comments from their…