Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched the Black Mirror episode “USS Callister” (or the entire show), please go watch it already. ‘William couldn’t find you, Dolores. But out there, among the dead, he found something else: himself.’ ─ Man in Black, Westworld The crew on USS Callister faces a…
Category: Television
“Subverting the Authentic Reality in Black Mirror’s Playtest” by Janet Lau
Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched the episode (or the entire show), please go watch it already. Imagine you submit yourself to a world where you cannot differentiate the real from the artificial, where you can still feel physical sensation including pain, where you need to confront your greatest…
“Nostalgia, Sexuality and Existere in Black Mirror’s San Junipero” by Suzanne Lai
Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched the episode (or the entire show), please go watch it already. ‘But tell me really’, he paused, ‘why are you still listening to vinyl records? It’s not even your era.’ Nostalgia is something hardwired into us homo sapiens. We are programmed to become…