Tag: Film
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How “Battle Royale” Took Over Video Games | The New Yorker
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How “Battle Royale” Took Over Video Games With a simple, ingenious formula, a Japanese novel has inspired some of the most successful games in history. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-battle-royale-took-over-video-games In the mid-nineteen-nineties, Koushun Takami was dozing on his futon on the island of Shikoku, Japan, when he was visited by an apparition: a maniacal…
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“Fake Famous” and the Tedium of Influencer Culture | The New Yorker
“Fake Famous” and the Tedium of Influencer Culture The HBO documentary follows three nobodies who are trying to become social-media famous—a pursuit that involves buying followers, unboxing products, and staging photo shoots in a plastic kiddie pool. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/fake-famous-and-the-tedium-of-influencer-culture There is a kind of D.I.Y. creativity about all of this, a spirit…