The new December 2020 issue of Checkpoint Magazine has arrived, and you can download it for free on iOS or Android if you head here. As its theme, it examines the relationship between big data and videogames.
Hence the presence of the mighty Watch Dogs Legion on the cover: a game that scarily examines what could happen in the near future if big data is allowed to run riot.
Highlights of December 2020’s big data issue of Checkpoint Magazine include:
- An in-depth analysis of what big data is all about, and how it is depicted in games, by Tamer Afsahani – including quotes from Watch Dogs Legion’s lead writer Cameron Labine, Remedy creative director Sam Lake, cybersecurity expert Professor Alan Woodward and presenter Alexis Conran
- Lucy Orr recounts how a childhood in the shadow of big data at Cern led her from MUDs to MMOs
- Nick Cowen on how Watch Dogs Legion actually is political, despite Ubisoft’s protestations
- Steve Boxer on what Watch Dogs Legion has to say about big data
- An analysis of how big tech is trying to muscle into the games industry
- Regular features including Killing Time
As with all previous issues of Checkpoint Magazine, the big data issue’s finely crafted, long-form articles are backed up with embedded audio and video plus swipeable galleries. So, if you love videogames and thought-provoking, innovatively presented writing, make sure you download it now: it won’t cost you a penny.
