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What Grinds Our Gears: YouTube ads make me scream
February 9, 2024By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief YouTube is really pissing me off lately. When I’m trying to relax, I like watching my favourite creators on my TV, but I’ve recently been getting multiple, unskippable ad breaks that are 45-seconds long. I’m talking about three or four ad breaks in a video, sometimes even five minutes apart. The worst part? YouTube claims the breaks are longer because there will be fewer ad breaks in the video, but it’s not true! These are more ad breaks, and they’re unskippable, AND they’re LONG. YOU CAN’T COMMIT THREE CARDINAL SINS TO MY PEACE. You think the…
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Video essayists that will broaden your perspective about media and culture
February 9, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor As a communication major, I listen to a lot of video essays about media and culture in my free time. As the channel Shanspeare points out in a video essay, it’s currently “The…
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Olo Radio attempts to reinvent the experience of listening to music
May 29, 2020Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate School of Interactive Arts and Technology professor William Odom has designed a physical device that compiles data on the user’s music listening history. The device, called Olo Radio, links to the user’s Last.fm account…
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Did anyone expect TanaCon to NOT be a disaster?
July 16, 2018Written by: Victoria Lopatka, Peak Associate TanaCon – This Year’s Frye Fest VidCon is an annual YouTube convention in California started by the Green Brothers, Hank and John. TanaCon was inspired by Tana Mongeau’s (a YouTuber with over 3 million…
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Yours Truly is taking the K-Pop dance world by storm
September 19, 2016Yours Truly is a five-piece team from the Lower Mainland with a deep love for dance. The core group consists of Kim, Theo, Stephanie, Kiki, and Frances. Together they take part in dance competitions and events, as well as covering…
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YouTube’s new cyberbullying policy is screwing over its users
June 27, 2016[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n YouTube, anyone can make a name for themselves with hard work, good ideas, and a little bit of luck. However, the site is changing its policies in a way that might mean the end of your favourite YouTubers. Recently,…
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Do you hate the new Ghostbusters trailer? You might be a sexist
May 30, 2016The original 1984 Ghostbusters is not a classic. In fact, that’s what makes it so enjoyable. It’s got little to no character development, a poorly paced and thinly drawn plot, and fewer funny lines than you remember. It’s essentially an…
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Prank YouTubers need to stop
April 4, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his January, I was in Toronto with a friend, walking down Yonge street at 1 a.m. We wanted to explore the city and get some fresh air, but instead our calm stroll became an uncomfortable run-in with a wannabe prank…
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Four tips for those addicted to distractions
February 29, 2016[dropcap]I [/dropcap]won’t lie. . . I sat down to write this article five different times. Each time, I ended up distracted. How ironic. Is it just me that struggles to accomplish what I actually set out to do in a…
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Twitch is a revolution in hardcore gaming
July 26, 2015Twitch is a video platform similar to YouTube. Acquired by Amazon and introduced in June 2011, it broadcasts users playing all sorts of video games. As of last December, Twitch had averaged more than a whopping 100 million viewers per…
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