Esports: More Than Just A Video Game

Esports: More Than Just A Video Game

Esports: More Than Just A Video Game Esports is no typical ballgame but it’s considered a sport nonetheless. Shafiq Guee delves deeper to resolve the argument on esports. Image from Unsplash. BY SHAFIQ GUEE Published on December 13, 2020 This whole “esports isn’t a...
Candid Conversations with Desmond Kon

Candid Conversations with Desmond Kon

Candid Conversations with Desmond Kon Armed with questions from HYPE readers, Shafiq Guee gets the always smiling, wizard of words to talk about all things wordcraft. BY SHAFIQ GUEE Published on October 4, 2020 Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, 49, is the author of a...
Tie-Dye: Not A Dying Art

Tie-Dye: Not A Dying Art

Tie-Dye: Not A Dying Art Youth in China are experiencing a renewed interest in a 1,500-year old art form. Shafiq Guee, during a five-week overseas immersion programme at the Wuhan Institute of Technology, talks to the growing breed of new advocators. Zhang Li Chun,...
3 Video Games Defying Lockdown

3 Video Games Defying Lockdown

3 Video Games That Defy Lockdown Struggling to fit video games into life out of captivity? HYPE’s resident gamer, Shafiq Guee, sheds light on three video games that delight in or out of the circuit breaker period. (From left) Forza Horizon 4, Escape From Tarkov and...
Memes: Helping Our Complex Generation Communicate

Memes: Helping Our Complex Generation Communicate

Memes: Helping Our Complex Generation Communicate Memes: we see them everywhere; on social media, text messages, the lot. We laugh at them but why do we? Shafiq Guee takes the plunge and delves deeper into the intricacies of meme culture. BY SHAFIQ GUEE Published on...