1. Background 1.1 Terminologies and Definitions As with any literary genre, a clear-cut definition of cyberpunk is hard to find. Among scholars of science fiction (sf), many differentiate between a historical group of writers who met at the beginning of the 1980s, were originally known as ‘the Movement,’ and consisted of William Gibson (*1948), Bruce […]
Interview mit Radio Corax zum Thema Dystopie und zur britischen TV-Serie Black Mirror. Gesendet am Montag 3. April 2017.
Dying Light, the latest release of Polish developer Techland, is a zombie game that allows player to experience how they might behave when faced with a global crisis. Innovatively reimagining the zombie game, Dying Light opens up nuanced option for ideological interpretation
There is virtually no review of Splice (Canada 2009) that does not at some point mention Frankenstein in order to guide viewer expectations of the film and clearly position it within the horror segment.
Everything, today, is to some extent the reflection of something else. William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
Welcome to convergence culture, where old and new media collide, where grassroots and corporate media intersect, where the power of the media producer and the power of the media consumer interact in unpredictable ways. Henry Jenkins Henry Jenkins Worte künden von einer neuen Zeit, von einem historischen Knotenpunkt, an dem sich unsere Gesellschaft radikal wandelt […]
“Biomass?” Da5id says. “A body of living stuff. It’s an ecology term. If you take an acre of rain forest or a cubic mile of ocean or a square block of Compton and strain out all the nonliving stuff – dirt and water – you get the biomass.” […] “Industry expression,” Hiro says. “The Industry […]