Author: joshuasilver4

I'm always surprised when I read about the amount of data Amazon (and Facebook) are able to track about us. Especially in the most recent election cycle, in which there are candidates who express willingness to regulate these tech giants, I wonder about the extent to which firms could draw on that data to sway … Continue reading Amazon and Political Control

In class yesterday, the question came up over whether Neoliberal capitalism is a conspiracy along the lines of QAnon. I have been puzzling over the question for a little while, and while I do not agree entirely with the analogy, I want to explore it because it does seem like a productive comparison. I also … Continue reading QAnon and Neoliberal Capitalism

The games we have played and discussed seem to depict a range of settings and gameplay from fantasy (Braid), to abstraction (Problem Attic), to mundanity (the Sims in Wark’s piece). Reading this coming week’s reading on television by Aniko Bodroghkozy, in which she talks about the earliest shows that depicted African American families, prompted me … Continue reading Depictions of Everyday Life

After I read Adrienne Shaw’s piece on identification and disidentification with video game characters, I was left wondering why she left this question about Lara Croft open. How do people really identify with Lara Croft? It seems like a deliberate move to leave the question unanswered. Shaw opens with a treatment of the ways that … Continue reading Does Anyone Really Identify with Lara Croft? Ideas for a method.