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Jan 4

Apple’s challenges for the next decade

Quick Summary: Here we are in the beginning of 2022, and Apple’s future looks very bright to me. But it doesn’t mean the company faces no challenges or risks. I’ve listed a few of these longer term, strategic issues that I think could pose a threat to the company’s performance: Apple has…

Apple

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Apple’s challenges for the next decade
Apple’s challenges for the next decade

Dec 12, 2021

Games are at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, but Apple fails to see them

This past Thursday night, more than 100 million* people, including myself, watched live The Game Awards 2021. This event is an annual celebration of video games industry, where best games and developers of the year across different categories — voted for by critics and players — receive their awards, amidst…

Apple

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Games are at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, but Apple fails to see them
Games are at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, but Apple fails to see them

Jul 20, 2021

Legacy of the Beast — the phenomenon of Iron Maiden’s unending popularity

British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have just announced their new studio album Senjutsu, slated for release on September 3rd. …

Iron Maiden

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Legacy of the Beast — the phenomenon of Iron Maiden’s unending popularity
Legacy of the Beast — the phenomenon of Iron Maiden’s unending popularity

Mar 9, 2021

Conflicting strategies behind Apple’s media services

In February during the Stream On keynote, Spotify laid out its vision and long-term plan for the development of the service, as well as made a number of announcements. The world’s leading music streaming platform is not content with staying where it is now — instead, it wants to be…

Apple

16 min read

Conflicting strategies behind Apple’s media services
Conflicting strategies behind Apple’s media services

Oct 27, 2020

Prey: Mooncrash is the proof that procedural immersive sims can work

I love immersive sims and I love randomness and procedural elements in games — and I’ve always wondered why these two don’t usually get along too well. For quite some time I thought that the reason is that immersive sims are always a very hand-crafted experience, created with meticulous attention…

Immersive Sims

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Prey: Mooncrash is the proof that procedural immersive sims can work
Prey: Mooncrash is the proof that procedural immersive sims can work

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·Jun 25, 2020

WWDC 2020 — key trends and Apple’s strategic moves

WWDC 2020 has been groundbreaking for Apple — between the online-only format of the event itself, through a truly generational leap for the Mac, to sometimes subtle but fundamental paradigm changes, it has been packed with news. …

Apple

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WWDC 2020 — key trends and Apple’s strategic moves
WWDC 2020 — key trends and Apple’s strategic moves

Jun 17, 2020

Decades of conspiracies — Deus Ex is 20 years old today

(NOTE: It’s unclear what is the exact date of Deus Ex’s original launch, as different sources provide different dates. It’s safe to say, however, that this and next week are the 20th anniversary weeks.) Deus Ex became a part of my life almost immediately after Thief. The Dark Project was…

Deus Ex

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Decades of conspiracies — Deus Ex is 20 years old today
Decades of conspiracies — Deus Ex is 20 years old today

Mar 23, 2020

Let the Builder return — Thief 2 is 20 years old today

“The Trickster is dead. Beware the dawn of the Metal Age.” These were the last words Keeper Artemus said to Garrett before the Master Thief vanished into the shadows of the early morning City streets at the very end of Thief: The Dark Project. The world was saved. The evil…

Thief

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Let the Builder return — Thief 2 is 20 years old today
Let the Builder return — Thief 2 is 20 years old today

Mar 11, 2020

The future of immersive sims is independent — can it be bright?

Immersive sims were born and flourished during the 90s and early 2000s, and arguably, it was a period when they were a part of the mainstream games industry. Sure, these games have always been niche, but they were still using advanced tech, significant budgets, and made by teams that were…

Games

18 min read

The future of immersive sims is independent — can it be bright?
The future of immersive sims is independent — can it be bright?

Feb 8, 2020

The iPad’s Identity

A few days ago, tech publicists and Apple fans celebrated 10 years of the iPad original announcement. While there are many people who stated that iPad changed their lives and became their favorite computing device (I’m one of those people), there have been some critical voices as well. Two pieces…

I Pad

7 min read

The iPad’s Identity
The iPad’s Identity
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