Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Game changing
SCOTT ALSWORTH hears the call to burn down and rebuild the video game industry from the bottom up
A LAN party at the 2004 DreamHack with hundreds of players
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ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
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FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
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Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World
Marijam Did, Verso Books, £16.99
CAN video games be a force for good in the world, or are they the virtual precursors of our own destruction? Is there time to course correct, to instigate revolutionary changes in the industry, or are we racing ineluctably towards the worst digital culture has to offer?
These aren’t easy questions. But they do need asking — and as developers and players, we’re encouraged to hold ourselves accountable.
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