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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Developers Of Moon Child Resurface To Bask In All The Shitposts

Moon Child, an unreleased Amiga platformer, has gained renewed interest online, sparking nostalgia and creativity among fans and its original developers.
Social media marketing
fromThedrum
2 days ago

The State Of Influencer Marketing In Gaming

The gaming industry is rapidly growing, with revenues expected to reach $503.14 billion by 2025, driven by mobile gaming and influencer marketing.
Graphic design
fromAxios
1 day ago

"Digital fantasy"; AI hair, makeup put perfection further out of reach

AI-generated content creates unrealistic beauty standards and challenges for artists in the beauty industry.
Liverpool FC
fromDefector
5 days ago

Chappell Roan And Jorginho Are No Longer Beefing | Defector

Jorginho has declared the beef with Chappell Roan finished, citing new information and a misunderstanding regarding a security incident involving his daughter.
fromGameSpot
1 week ago

Pokemon Champions Is Giving Fans The Big And Tiny Pokemon They Want To See

A Reddit post shared an image of a Steelix and Wyrdeer in battle, claiming that Champions has 'accurate Pokemon sizes for the first time' since the release of Let's Go on Switch.
Games
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
5 days ago

Why brands can't stop acting like reply guys and jumping into viral comment threads on social media

Brands are increasingly engaging in social media replies to drive interaction and remain culturally relevant.
#gaming
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago
Video games

Why I'm embracing the latest uncool thing in gaming

Marathon offers a welcoming community for feminine-presenting players, contrasting with typical multiplayer experiences in gaming.
fromThedrum
5 days ago
Video games

Why Brands Need To Pick Up The Controller And Level Up In The Gaming World

The pandemic significantly increased gaming engagement, with mobile gaming becoming a key focus for brands and content creators.
Video games
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Why I'm embracing the latest uncool thing in gaming

Marathon offers a welcoming community for feminine-presenting players, contrasting with typical multiplayer experiences in gaming.
Video games
fromThedrum
5 days ago

Why Brands Need To Pick Up The Controller And Level Up In The Gaming World

The pandemic significantly increased gaming engagement, with mobile gaming becoming a key focus for brands and content creators.
#onlyfans
Social media marketing
fromMail Online
5 days ago

Co-AI-chella! AI influencers cash in on the California music festival

AI influencers are generating significant content and revenue from events like Coachella despite not being real individuals.
Parenting
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

8 Things To Never Say To An Adult Lego Fan - Kotaku

Adult fans of Lego, known as AFOLs, significantly contribute to Lego's success, driven by nostalgia and disposable income.
#creator-economy
fromForbes
2 weeks ago
Marketing

The Great Convergence: Why The Creator Economy's Future Belongs To Those Who Unite Social, Brand, And Talent

Marketing
fromForbes
2 weeks ago

The Great Convergence: Why The Creator Economy's Future Belongs To Those Who Unite Social, Brand, And Talent

The entertainment industry is shifting power to creators, with traditional advertising losing relevance as the creator economy rapidly expands.
Marketing
fromDigiday
1 month ago

How creator talent agencies are evolving into multi-platform operators

Creator agencies are transforming from deal brokers into full-service media operators that help creators build diversified businesses across multiple platforms and revenue streams.
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

New Lego Contest Teases Big Pokemon TCG Crossover

Lego has announced a new Lego Ideas contest that will see one fan's Pokémon card build turned into a real set. The so-called 'Pokémon Trading Card Game Challenge' is all about fans submitting designs for Lego sets of between 400 and 2500 pieces that recreate an original 'dynamic' Pokémon TCG card.
Board games
US politics
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Is A Epstein Version Of Five Nights At Freddy's Really Going Viral?

Five Nights at Epstein's is a viral game reportedly sweeping through U.S. classrooms, featuring controversial characters in a recreation of Five Nights at Freddy's.
#social-media
fromCreative Boom
2 months ago
Design

Is social media over for creatives? Or have we just woken up to what it is?

Social media no longer reliably connects creatives to audiences, causing fatigue as reach, algorithm control, and expectation to produce constant content undermine value.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Heated Arc Raiders Debate Between PvE And PvP Players Goes Viral

A PvE player confronted a PvP player in Arc Raiders, raising questions about player expectations in PvP-enabled games.
Games
fromWGB
3 weeks ago

Street Fighter 6's Alex Controversy Explained: Why Fans Are So Weirded Out

Street Fighter 6 controversially alters Alex's backstory, changing his relationship with Patricia from a sisterly bond to a romantic one.
Video games
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Meet the 'Club Penguin' superfans giving the game a second life

Club Penguin was a popular virtual world for tweens, but it faced shutdowns and attempts at revival after Disney's closure.
Social media marketing
fromTheWrap
2 weeks ago

TikTok Creators Will Be Able to Send Cameos to Fans Without Leaving the App

TikTok creators can now offer personalized Cameo videos directly within the app, enhancing fan engagement and monetization opportunities.
Marketing
fromFast Company
1 month ago

AI will power Fandom from spectator to co-star

Generative AI enables media companies to maintain constant fan engagement by scaling personalized content creation beyond traditional production limits, transforming passive consumers into active co-creators within brand-safe parameters.
Games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Mario Galaxy Movie Star Goes Viral For Being Asked The Dumbest Question Imaginable - Kotaku

Anya Taylor-Joy appeared on NBC's Today Show where host Craig Melvin asked her to find connections between Princess Peach and Joni Mitchell, two iconic figures she's rumored to play in upcoming films.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 month ago

"Like a Family Reunion": We Went to DC's Annual Black Nerd Convention - Washingtonian

I don't feel out of place like this. It's like a family reunion. I love the creativity that's always been here, said Tameka Hendon, who has been attending since 2019. She said her friend handmade her customized cosplay, which features a motorized rotating ballerina in the wig, and was inspired by Queen Charlotte's Swan wig in Bridgerton.
Washington DC
Marketing
fromForbes
1 month ago

Influencers Are Leaving The Feed And Entering The Real World

Influencer marketing is evolving from one-off social media posts to integrated brand partnerships where creators function as core media infrastructure helping design campaigns across multiple platforms and physical spaces.
Video games
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Epic and Disney now let Fortnite creators make Star Wars games

Epic Games and Disney launch Star Wars-themed custom game creation tools for Fortnite creators, with publishing available starting May 1st, deepening their partnership following Disney's $1.5 billion investment.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Pokemon Pokopia Fan Artists, Are Y'all Okay?

Humans have disappeared and their Pokémon have been left behind, trying to make the remains of the old civilization into one that they can live in and sustain by themselves. Throughout this process, these Pokémon talk about how much they miss their human partners, and the information we can glean from the notes and letters we find lying around is that a climate crisis forced them to evacuate the planet and leave the Pokémon in a massive PC server for their safety.
Games
Social media marketing
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
1 month ago

Reddit shares insight into the growth of sports fandoms in the app

Reddit published a comprehensive guide showing how users engage with sports content, revealing NFL season as the dominant driver of app downloads and engagement, with significant spikes during March Madness, Kentucky Derby, and other major sporting events.
#fandom-communities
Television
fromWIRED
2 months ago

The 'Heated Rivalry' Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart

Obsessive parasocial fandom around a breakout hockey romance fuels intense online scrutiny, hate messaging, and ethical dilemmas for fan accounts handling paparazzi and unconsented content.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Check Out The Very Best Cosplay From Katsucon 2026

Katsucon, which describes itself as 'for multicultural enthusiasts,' takes place each year in the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of DC, and has been running in some form since 1995. It's one of the smaller, more intimate events on the cosplay calendar, but still pulls in guests like My Hero Academia's Justin Briner and Date a Live's Michelle Rojas.
DC food
Books
fromDefector
2 months ago

Fanfiction's Total Cultural Victory | Defector

Fifty Shades of Grey's transition from fanfiction to mainstream publishing transformed the industry, proving fanfiction-originated romances can be highly lucrative and culturally influential.
Social media marketing
fromwww.cnn.com
1 month ago

Gen Z's fan edits are a staple of internet culture. Movie studios are finally buying in | CNN Business

Movie studios hire fan editors to create viral content targeting Gen Z and millennials, with platforms like HBO, Netflix, and Lionsgate leveraging fan edits for marketing and franchise revival.
fromBavarian Football Works
2 months ago

Which fanbase do you have an irrational dislike for?

In the Bundesliga, the obvious starting point is Borussia Dortmund. Their Yellow Wall is iconic, the atmosphere incredible, and the tradition undeniable. Yet the nonstop "underdog versus Bayern Munich" narrative can feel exhausting. You respect the passion, but the moral-victory energy after narrow losses? That can grate. Then there's Schalke 04. Even during seasons when Schalke aren't competing near the top, the anti-Bayern Munich sentiment never fades. Maybe it's regional pride, maybe it's history,
Soccer (FIFA)
Chicago Blackhawks
fromFast Company
2 months ago

How sports leagues are vying for Gen Z and Gen Alpha's attention to build the next generation of fans

Gen Z and Gen Alpha consume sports digitally, show lower avid-fan rates, and require teams to adapt content packaging and distribution.
Digital life
fromFortune
1 month ago

How fandom became culture's power center - and a blueprint for Gen Z's economic influence | Fortune

Fandom empowers Gen Z and Gen Alpha to co-create culture, shape IP, and convert collective creativity into real economic and cultural power.
fromWordtothewise
2 months ago

Don't send customer-generated content

The bad actor created a throwaway domain, eilingrecepientvi.review, and set up an email account there at an often abused german hosting provider. Then he signed up for a - free, presumably - Zoom account using that email address. He told Zoom that his name was ", Thank you for purchasing Zoom Workspace for $969.85 via PayPal. If you didn't made this order, Call PayPal +1-800-209-0946, ".
Information security
Relationships
fromQueerty
2 years ago

My boyfriend is taking cosplay too far. How do I get a handle on this? - Queerty

A partner's cosplay escalating into adopting a character's name and appearance can reflect identity exploration and may require honest communication and boundary-setting.
fromThe Drum
1 month ago

Own it or miss it: how tech is harnessing sports moments in marketing

Sport has become a powerful tool for global brand engagement, enabling companies to build deeper connections with audiences in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. Real-time data and immersive fan experiences allow brands to create personalized interactions that resonate across diverse markets and demographics.
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

How has personalization improved digital sports marketing?

Personalization is a tried-and-tested way to boost engagement while gathering valuable information about existing audiences - and is proving to be a key driver for the sports industry, says Rawnet's Harry Daniel. For brands looking to score with digital marketing, personalization is a winning long-term business strategy. Personalizing the user experience (UX) via websites and apps keeps fans engaged and enhances brand loyalty. It can help brands to grow, by extending their reach to new users and unleashing untouched opportunities for victory.
Online marketing
Writing
fromVulture
1 month ago

The Horny Girls Who Walked So Heated Rivalry Could Run

M/M slash fanfiction, often written by women and known as BL in Asia, evolved through fandoms like Star Trek, enabling mainstream successes like Heated Rivalry.
Video games
fromComicBook.com
1 month ago

Mario Fans Are Trying to Set a New World Record for MAR10 Day

GameStop's NYC location will attempt to break the world record for most people dressed as Mario on March 10th, 2026, offering prizes including a Nintendo Switch 2 to participants.
US politics
fromWIRED
2 months ago

AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment

AI-generated anti-ICE videos portray fictional nonviolent confrontations that offer catharsis, revise narratives of accountability, and spread widely across social media amid immigration enforcement tensions.
fromVulture
2 months ago

Agents Are Looking for the Next Heated Rivalry on Fanfic Sites

You may know the story by now: Rachel Reid began posting what would become Heated Rivalryon the fan-fiction site Archive of Our Own, one chapter at a time. Eventually, the Halifax-based author reportedly removed the posts, reworked the book, submitted it to publishers, and sold it in 2019 to Carina Press, a digital-first imprint at Harlequin. While the first book in her "Game Changers" series found a solid fan base among romance readers, no one expected just how many more would join them.
Books
LGBT
fromQueerty
2 months ago

Nicholas Galitzine reacts to "staring into the eyes" of his own He-Man action figure - Queerty

Nicholas Galitzine stars as He-Man in an upcoming origin film and has a new action figure, reigniting He-Man's homoerotic cultural appeal.
fromHer Campus
1 month ago

Is Social Media Creating Micro-Celebrities?

The rise of TikTok and YouTube has dramatically changed the lives of content creators by turning social media into a legitimate career path rather than just a hobby. These platforms allow ordinary people to build massive audiences without traditional media connections, often through algorithm-driven exposure.
Social media marketing
Games
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Pokemon at 30: Fans explain what the series means to them

Pokemon celebrates 30 years as the highest-grossing media franchise, maintaining global cultural phenomenon status through games, trading cards, and mobile apps that continue attracting new generations.
Social media marketing
fromInc
1 month ago

Forget Perfection. This Simple Habit Is What Actually Builds an Audience Today.

Authentic, casual content now resonates more with audiences than polished, carefully staged posts on social media platforms.
#user-generated-content
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

How brands can align their interests with the interests of gamers

Brands can increase engagement and reach diverse audiences by integrating ads into interactive gaming experiences and aligning brand goals with player interests.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Marvel Rivals Teases New Announcements At In-Person Fan Event This March

NetEase will host Marvel Rivals Assemble on March 3 at El Capitan Theatre, featuring reveals, a 2026 roadmap, voice-cast panel, cosplay contest, and live music.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Wondering what metaverse influencer marketing will look like? Look to gaming right now

Following Mark Zuckerberg's headline-grabbing Meta rebrand last year, many expect the next iteration of the web to be built around social networks.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Animal Crossing Fans Are Bombarding Each Other With AI Slop

Undisclosed generative-AI enhancements and fabricated Animal Crossing: New Horizons screenshots are misleading players and provoking community backlash.
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Fortnite is about to get a lot more gaming crossovers

Epic will expand Fortnite crossovers tied to Epic Games Store purchases, aiming for over 100 developer partnerships annually while boosting store sales and platform growth.
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Highguard Breaks Radio Silence And The Internet Reacts

Since its reveal in December, Highguard has a strange few weeks. Being the big reveal at the end of the Game Awards, which reportedly the company didn't pay for, got it a lot of eyeballs, but also a lot of scrutiny. People tend to expect some big new sequel or long-awaited project to cap off host Geoff Keighley's annual award and trailer showcase. Instead, Geoff showcased a free-to-play online shooter that, too many online, looked too similar to many other games already out there.
Video games
Video games
fromEngadget
2 months ago

The creators of Mixtape want to make a great hangout video game

Mixtape is a narrative adventure about teenage friends' final summer together, celebrating music, idleness, and suburban '90s Americana as they face adulthood.
Social media marketing
fromNeil Patel
2 months ago

Discord as an Engagement and Digital PR Platform

Discord enables brands to build direct, real-time relationships and PR outcomes by facilitating open, persistent, and context-rich conversations rather than broadcast messaging.
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