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Some Frightening Things About Popular Technology
Frederick Jameson said that “Contemporary people alternate between states of euphoria and anxiety.” Euphoria, perhaps, because that is one natural reaction to being in the state of perpetual...
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Epic Meal Time: Leaving Grease Stains on Pop Culture
Last week the comics publication that I run put out an Epic Meal Time themed issue. While many here didn’t get it [need to better gauge my audience] it’s undeniable that the YouTube cooking show is...
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Thoughts About The Internet
So a friend of mine tweeted in the early hours of the morning, musing about the internet. The tweets are as follows [to be read from bottom to top]: Before I can really begin addressing this, I think...
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Looking Back at a History of Booze and Bacon
It’s been pretty evident for a while now that a lot of you have gotten here due to a post I wrote almost exactly a year ago, “Epic Meal Time: Leaving Grease Stains on Pop Culture.” In it I extol the...
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Culture, Not Criteria
Earlier today Evan sent me a link to a documentary on YouTube dealing with the subject of “hacktivists,” or more specifically, the rise of internet mischief and mayhem group “Anonymous.” For the most...
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Free Information Culture
The last of my installments (for now) in looking at these rising alternative cultures is “Free Information Culture,” which shares the same problem with “science” culture in that there’s really no good...
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Fame Day: StarCrafts
StarCraft, undoubtedly one of the best and most important games of all time, at least according to Wikipedia. This is an RTS [real time strategy game] that commands legions of fans, and its sequel,...
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Fame Day: Geek Love
It took me some time to think of a Fame Day topic that also intersected with Valentine’s Day [which is today, if you didn't know], but once I came up with it there was no doubt in my mind that it was...
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Shame Day II: ISPs and the Six Strike System
Normally, Thursdays here at Culture War Reporters is dedicated to “Fame Day,” in which Evan and I call attention to people, events, or trends we think aren’t getting the attention they deserve. But not...
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Shame Day: Negativity
As some of you may know, I played a lot of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm last week. Having played the campaign from Tuesday to Friday, I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was many, many times...
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Fame Day: Munchies
The purpose of Fame Day is to, as the page states, “to give credit [and praise] where it is due.” While Gordon has used it to draw attention to significant contributors to our present day world a few...
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Evan and Gordon Talk: Can Artists Retract Their Work?
EVAN: So today, due to lack of reader feedback, G-Town and I will be discussing a topic of his own choosing. That is, in his own words, “whether or not an artist can retract his [or her] own work.”...
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Fame Day: GentleBot Hell
Today is a little different because I’m not pointing to a specific show or YouTube series, but a single video featuring a ridiculous amount of talent. Below is a diagram I created that demonstrates the...
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Fame Day: 5 Second Films
While this week we’re trying to take a break from politics here at Culture War Reporters (last week was dominated by the subject), I really wouldn’t be doing my due dilligence if I didn’t give a shout...
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Moral Combat [Or "You Must Be At Least This Civil To Ride"]
We do lots of things to relax. Some people walk, some people read, some people listen to music, and I like watching videos on YouTube of bullies getting knocked the **** out. You might be thinking,...
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Talking About Celebrities Talking To People
I’m going to start out with a few fun facts for readers both old and new alike. At the time of this writing our blog has approximately 85,750 views. We have been averaging roughly 175 hits per day ever...
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A Vindication of Piracy
A while ago (and with great reluctance from Evan), I posted a defense of piracy. Understanding how much Evan and I differ on the subject, I wouldn’t have written anything more about it- had the BBC not...
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Fame Day: Dead Kevin Sketch
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done this, but I’ve actually dedicated three past Fame Days to YouTube channels/shows: StarCrafts, Geek Love, and Munchies. Thinking hard on what to write about for...
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Fame Day: Nate’s Vlogs
We really can’t get started on Fame Day without giving a shout-out to the youth of France, who have turned out en masse over the past couple days in protest of the forcible deportation of a Roma...
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CWR’s Halloween Movie Recommendations
I don’t usually celebrate Halloween readers. Honestly, I don’t celebrate any holiday, if I can help it, May Day being the sole exception. Nevertheless, we’re always trying to expand our horizons here...
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