By Karina Ng (Duke ‘24) The gaming industry is currently one of the fastest-growing sectors in the entertainment economy, backed by advancements in VR technology and cloud gaming. These technological advancements along with the emergence of web 3.0 have put the gaming industry at the forefront of the developments of…

By Jon Sandoval (Duke ‘22) Are video games art? This been a question that I have had for so long, but I have failed to find a definitive answer for. I searched the internet for a textbook definition of art, rather than my own interpretation of it. For the sake…

By Sam Carpenter (Duke ‘24) At the end of every year, the video game development community gathers at the Game Awards, the largest and most influential awards show in the industry. The Game Awards recognize the very best games from the year, awarding prizes to only the most creative, influential…

By SYDNEY BALLARD (Duke 2023) Note: this interview was conducted in late-March of 2021. “I imagine a future where we all travel to space with the frequency in which we currently travel in an aircraft.” Tess Hatch has an incredibly cool name, but she represents an even cooler story of…

Written by D’Mya Gernae Sanford (ECU ’22) A couple of months ago before being swamped by finals and internships, [the space bar] gang was honored to conduct an interview with current Duke’s Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation board member, Josh Felser. From my initial research of him co-founding startups like…

Written by Sam Carpenter (Duke ’24) and Luiza Wolf (Duke ‘22) On August 13 2010, Oracle sued Google for copyright and patent infringement. Oracle argued that Google had stolen its code by reimplementing Java’s APIs in Android, which Oracle claimed it held the copyright to. More than a decade later…

By Sydney Ballard (Duke ‘23) From fintech to edtech, Jeff Maggioncalda has played critical roles for some companies you may have heard of — namely Financial Engines Inc. and Coursera. The story of how Jeff Maggioncalda became Coursera’s CEO is quite an inspiring one, but it may require some backstory. …

Written by Luiza Wolf (Duke University ‘22) POV: You’re on TikTok. You’re scrolling. You think that maybe you should be doing something more productive. But we are in a pandemic. So you keep scrolling. A TikTok reminds you that maybe you have more free time since we’re in a pandemic…

By D’Mya Gernae Sanford (ECU ’22) Note: I will use gender minority (minority not always meaning numerically, but to explain who holds the minority of power in society/oppressed individual), women, non-male, and non-men to explain women and non-cisgendered people. …