My original intention was to turn my original long-read article into a relatively short 20-30 minute video.
And, as you can probably tell, I have failed spectacularly.
On the upside, an hour-long documentary has come ou...
2025-10-15 09:16:18 +0000 UTC View Post
When I created the Roman Empire of Habboon (an unauthorised Habbo knock-off) in November 2016, I knew nothing about the Roman Empire.
I didn't even know that the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic were two different things.
My pri...
2025-09-12 15:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiya patrons—both those who've just joined and those who were here from the very beginning!
Here's your behind-the-scenes update for September 2025.
I'm taking a break from the world of Minecraft finance, and I'm currently researching for another video on virtual democracies ( 2025-09-12 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
The final instalment of The DC Short trilogy is now out! Thank you to everyone for your patience!
You can watch this video either as a standalone documentary or as Part 3 of the series.
If you wish to watch the video on YouTube instead, you can watch it here using 2025-08-14 18:46:08 +0000 UTC View Post
On the 20th July 2025, some of you received emails and notifications about a post that I mistakenly published about Uffizi Holdings' "accounting discrepancies."
This was done by accident—I was prototyping post ideas and thumbnails (which I occasionally do) and had written a draft introduction for it (b...
2025-08-01 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I released my video on the quest to build weapons of mass destruction on Habbo Hotel
Fed and Treasury officials urge calm after approving D$20M (US$8K) bailout
Bank runs reported in Volt, Voyager, and the Exchange
Uffizi Holdings, owner of Volt, taken private after D$10M (US$4K) of alleged "accounting discrepancies" uncovered 2025-06-20 19:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I received a question today from a user called Joe Robertson, who asked the following—
What is your evidence for all the claims you make in your video? You seem keen on seeing Habbo as a microcosm of real-life social dynamics but never provide any actual evidence to back up your assertions. Were there real...
2025-06-15 13:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post
You saw The Big Short on Minecraft—now get ready for Oppenheimer on Habbo.
You can now watch it here, on Patreon, ad-free.
If you wish to watch the video on YouTube instead, you can watch it using this link.
2025-06-02 11:27:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Following the collapse of Vanguard National Bank a few days ago, which was caused by DemocracyCraft regulators initiating liquidation proceedings against it, there appears to be resurgent int...
2025-05-20 12:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post
When I released my video on the Habbo 2020 market crash for early access, I mentioned how the video was a ...
2025-05-17 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiya patrons—both new and old!
I'd like to first thank every single one of you for your financial support, which continue to help make the production of my videos possible!
Now—for the behind-the-scenes update for May 2025!
I've released a two-part documentary series, Th...
2025-05-01 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
On the 11th February 2025, the owner of CityRP, LilDigiVert, received an urgent message from Vanguard National Bank CEO Nexalin. It read—
Nexalin: Hi Digi [...]
[A trader called] Nimq_...
2025-04-16 14:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
"Why isn't everyone in DemocracyCraft committing fraud?"
The DC Short was probably the most intense piece of investigative journalism I've done so far. The sheer complexity of DemocracyCraft's economy—and in particular, US$100,000 financial sector (at notional real money trading rates...
2025-04-05 12:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
No one asked for a "what if the Panama Papers happened in Minecraft?" video but I'm delivering one anyway.
A product of over 3 months of investigation, spanning over 300 pages of documents, interviews with 50 sources across four Minecraft servers, and consultations with several people working within the real-world ...
2025-04-03 16:38:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you to everyone for your patience and I'm glad that I can now finally release The DC Short!
You can watch it here, on Patreon, ad-free.
If you wish to watch the video on YouTube instead, you can watch it here using this ...
2025-04-03 16:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, dear patrons! Here's your behind-the-scenes update for March 2025!
The Averra Dossier won News Article of the Year in NationStates' 2024 Gameplay Awards. You can read the...
2025-03-01 14:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, dear patrons! Here's your behind-the-scenes update for February 2025!
I've been blown away by the positive reception that the 2025-01-31 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
When Drew Durnil made his video in 2020 on the game NationStates—a game that allowed users to join and create their own sim govs ("regions")—he caused what the NationStates community called the "Drewpocalypse."
The Drewpocalyps...
2025-01-02 21:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm ecstatic to finally complete my long-awaited video on Virtual Teenage Democracies!
You can now watch it here, on Patreon, ad-free.
If you wish to watch the video on YouTube instead, you can watch it here using this link 2024-12-30 12:52:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, dear patrons! Here's your behind-the-scenes update for December 2024.
I've (mostly) finished my research for the Virtual Teenage Democracies video and have begun writing the script. I've also designed an alternate thumbnail for the video (that I personally prefer), which I've attached...
2024-12-04 22:35:36 +0000 UTC View Post
From the 1st January 2025 onwards, you'll be charged every month
In return for monthly payments, I'll post monthly on Patreon, such as a video or an update post with my video-making progress
If you'd like to change the amount you're charged every mont...
2024-11-08 21:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, my patrons! Here's your behind-the-scenes update for November 2024.
I've begun researching for my next documentary on Virtual Teenage Democracies, which aims to give a broader overview of what "sim governments" actually are. As I explained all the way back in June 202...
2024-11-01 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Four years overdue and four scripts later, I've finally done it—I've made the Habbo 2020 video.
When I wrote the first script for this video back in January 2021, I was writing about this event in the present. From the discussions I had with my sources, it honestly felt like their (virtual) world was ending.
By ...
2024-10-13 20:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, my patrons! Here's your behind-the-scenes update for October 2024.
As mentioned in my previous post, the next video I plan to work on is about the 2020 market crash in Habbo.
I've designed a draft thumbnail for the video using the same composite style as I did with my Averra Dossier vide...
2024-10-02 15:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
This video has been uploaded to Patreon, along with subtitles, as an ad-free alternative to YouTube.
2024-09-30 22:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Four years ago, I asked you—dear patrons—what video you wanted. You voted for a video on online democracy experiments.
I didn't expect to have taken four years. Four years is so long that I'll need to update this Patreon page to reflect the myriad of changes that have happened.
But I'm so genuinely excited to ...
2024-09-30 20:19:07 +0000 UTC View PostFor over two years, Averra has rigged every election in Alcris, stacked every branch of government and political party, and covertly repressed political opponents with his alt accounts.
Averra, the founder of 2024-08-09 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In March 2024, I delivered a presentation titled "Public Law in Virtual Worlds" in an academic colloquium held at Hertford College, University of Oxford.
A lot of the research I did for my draft working paper (which you can read 2024-03-08 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In late September 2021, I was interviewed by the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK to discuss my findings in my first two Habbo videos: 2021-09-21 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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