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The Architecture of Our New Digital Cage

The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour

March 3, 2026 by matt_thac Leave a Comment

  There’s a whole literary field of broken dreams on our addiction to smart phones. The Art of Surveillance Capitalism talks about how our data is harvested, Irresistible looks at how tech companies keep us hooked, while The Shallows shows how our concentration span is reduced. The Twittering Machine sits among these, but offers a different slant. What if we are being enslaved by our devices, what if they’re robbing us of our surplus value?   It’s a very Marxist critique of the rise of […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: capitalism, cbr18, digital media, Marxism, Richard Seymour

matt_thac's CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: capitalism, cbr18, digital media, Marxism, Richard Seymour ·
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Politics, Economy and Gender of Gaming

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow

October 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My review of In Real Life by Cory Doctorow has borrowed pieces from a couple online reviewers. I figured they said what I was feeling, and it’s validating to know I wasn’t the only one that wasn’t “wowed” but the book, yet still found enjoyment. I will start  with: This is not a perfect story, still, I had… fun reading it. The online world vs real world has been done before.  You can … connect on a virtual level, but it can’t replace human (…) […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: Asia, coming-of-age, computers, cory doctorow, digital media, family, gaming, girl gamers, homelessness, jen wang, Politics and Economy of Gaming, poverty, Social Themes, women

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:474 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Science Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: Asia, coming-of-age, computers, cory doctorow, digital media, family, gaming, girl gamers, homelessness, jen wang, Politics and Economy of Gaming, poverty, Social Themes, women ·
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Janet Murray predicted Netflix

Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace by Janet Murray

February 7, 2020 by Professor FluffyKitten Leave a Comment

Digital Media books tend to feel outdated while they are still written. Meaning that by the time the book comes out, the technology that they talk about is already obsolete. There is also the tendency for many of those writers, to see technology and digital media (like video games) as abstract rational systems and try to separate those artifacts from “emotions” and in so separating them from narrative and personal expression.  I am happy to note that, Hamlet on the Holodeck, manages to feel still […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: academic, computer technology, digital media, Janet Murray, nonfiction novel, technology, video games

Professor FluffyKitten's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: academic, computer technology, digital media, Janet Murray, nonfiction novel, technology, video games ·
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