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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The most popular game you’ve never heard of thrives off of a respect for fanmade work

Nick Speranza October 26, 2021
The Japanese video game The Touhou Project may be described as peripherally well known due to its cult status, but its rich fan contributions are anything but.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: When it comes to esports work, don’t use the language of labor disputes lightly

Nick Speranza October 20, 2021
If we don’t oppose a loose interpretation of the language of activism for freelancers commentators for Nintendo, the subversive power of the idea of a strike will be lost further.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: Economic incentives are preventing desperately-needed game archiving

Nick Speranza October 13, 2021
Instead of pinning the blame entirely on developers, we should instead focus our attention on the ways they are incentivized to limit the release of their work.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: The problems with Twitter as all-encompassing social media

Nick Speranza September 23, 2021
When I reflect on web forums as they wither away, I remember a time when the world moved a bit slower.
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