The Guardian • 24th April 2021

Guardian: ‘In the game, I knew myself as Hannah’ — the trans gamers finding freedom on Roblox

37m people use the gaming platform every day in search of adventure – and for teenagers exploring their gender identity, it is also a place of liberation.

Resident Advisor • 21st April 2021

Resident Advisor: What Twitch Means For Dance Music

From Disclosure to Addison Groove, Amazon's livestream platform has offered artists a way to build audiences and make money during the pandemic—but will it last? Tom Faber investigates.

Financial Times • 20th April 2021

Financial Times: VTubers and the women behind the masks

Anime avatar video hosts are becoming wildly popular and offer female streamers, often the subjects of vicious online harassment, unexpected protections.

Kinfolk • 16th April 2021

Kinfolk: Parental Control

Parents of older children fret over how to regulate their online presence. But for the vast majority of millennial offspring, social media begins much earlier. Tom Faber considers the ethics of “sharenting.”

The Guardian • 31st March 2021

Guardian: Phil Elverum's songs of loss gave me a language for that shapeshifter, grief

After my first boyfriend died, Elverum’s Microphones and Mount Eerie helped me make sense of a bleak world.

Financial Times • 30th March 2021

Financial Times: Is cheating in games ever a good thing?

How did cheating in games turn from innocent experimentation into a fraught legal battle affecting millions?

Kinfolk • 26th March 2021

Kinfolk: Elise By Olsen Interview

What does the world’s youngest editor-in-chief do when they turn 21? Tom Faber interviews Elise By Olsen—the publishing maven who’s forcing the fashion industry to actually listen to the young people it fetishizes.

Resident Advisor • 16th March 2021

Resident Advisor: How to Start a Record Label

Tom Faber guides us through the particulars of launching your own outlet, with expert advice from leading label owners.

2nd March 2021

Financial Times: Why board games offer a rich alternative to video gaming

Traditional games are enjoying a revival during lockdown, while some video game titles have been released in this ancient format.

Pitchfork • 25th February 2021

Pitchfork: Decolonizing Electronic Music Starts With Its Software

With the release of two free programs that encourage experimentation with global tuning systems, the musician and researcher Khyam Allami is challenging the Western biases of music production software.

Financial Times • 20th January 2021

Financial Times: Invented languages, from Tolkien and Star Trek to Assassin’s Creed

‘Conlangs’ are essential for world-building in fantasy and sci-fi — and fans can spend years translating them.

Financial Times • 13th January 2021

Financial Times: Do games have a role to play in saving the planet?

More titles are tackling environmental themes, while companies are finally waking up to their carbon footprint.

Kinfolk • 2nd January 2021

Kinfolk: Max Richter

An interview with the classical composer whose delicate compositions fill stadiums.

Resident Advisor • 30th December 2020

Resident Advisor: Palestinian techno DJ Sama' Abdulhadi detained by authorities

More than 50,000 people have signed a petition to help secure her release.

Financial Times • 27th December 2020

Financial Times: Reflections on 2020 in gaming and the year's best games

This was a year when quarantine brought new players to gaming, while titles of the highest quality were launched.

Kinfolk • 23rd December 2020

Kinfolk: Square Spaces

Why does everything on the internet look the same?

Financial Times • 21st December 2020

Financial Times: Cyberpunk 2077 maker Marcin Iwinski — ‘The only thing we have is our reputation’

The co-founder of Polish games developer CD Projekt Red talks about going from underdog to big player under pressure.

Kinfolk • 1st December 2020

Kinfolk: Memes of Communication

Are memes the ultimate expression of 21st-century folklore?

Financial Times • 18th November 2020

Financial Times: The futuristic visions of multimedia artist Lawrence Lek

The film-maker on melding video games, music and political theory — and exploring our anxieties about a changing world.

Financial Times • 2nd November 2020

Financial Times: Is virtual reality the way forward for museums?

The pandemic has seen cultural institutions flock to new technologies to try and access audiences at home. What can virtual reality offer curators and artists?