Month: June 2019

Watch Dogs Legion: Campaign For Real Cockneys vs. M.U.N.T

RND/ to consider the bizarre 'post Brexit' cultural politics of Watch Dogs: Legion, in terms of a "Campaign For Real Cockneys" vs M.U.N.T: In which people trying to live in the UK look at Watch Dogs: Legion, shake their heads slowly and wonder from what precise, oddly hyper-nationalistic cultural anus such utterly dreadful ideas spray … Continue reading Watch Dogs Legion: Campaign For Real Cockneys vs. M.U.N.T →

Zombie webcomic: “Ken and Andy’s Rooftop News”

RND/ to consider a new webcomic, featuring characters Ken and Andy from the great movie Dawn Of The Dead (Zack Snyder, 2004). Called "Ken and Andy's Rooftop News", the tag line is "Zombiepocalyptic dispatches and wild rumor." Separated by a whole city block filled with deadly shambling flesh eaters, gun store owner Andy and ex-cop … Continue reading Zombie webcomic: “Ken and Andy’s Rooftop News” →

Rage 2 as the worst (most hollow) videogame of modern times

RND/ to consider poor old Rage 2, as perhaps the worst videogame of modern times - one crying out for a new theory of Hollow Videogaming to explain its particular deficiencies. A fascinating example of a global industry long gone to creative pot and perfectly content to sit on its distinctly minor laurels, imagine Rage … Continue reading Rage 2 as the worst (most hollow) videogame of modern times →

Git Gud? Leet Gamers Cheated By Global Videogaming

RND/ to consider how [/the laughable notion of] '1337 gam0rz' are themselves (anti-ironically) cheated by the [/mere existence of the spectacle of the] culturally unregulated, multi-billion dollar Global Videogames Industry - already a towering monolith of raw, often cruel Ludocapitalist power: 5760 × 2851 .jpg, compiled in Gimp In which some don't grow, or improve … Continue reading Git Gud? Leet Gamers Cheated By Global Videogaming →

Google Transcript Poem: Megan Boyle (What I Know And Don’t Know Today)

RND/ to consider a disturbing Google transcript of a Youtube vlog post by author Megan Boyle. Megan Boyle is OK - a good person, and one should wish her only the best - to live long and prosper. When you were a child you were a treated kind but you were never brought up right … Continue reading Google Transcript Poem: Megan Boyle (What I Know And Don’t Know Today) →