Science fiction
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B2b (Back to Butler): The Politics of Grievability in Severance
Severance SPOILERS!!! Sleek, stylish, and brilliantly ambitious, the TV series Severance (2022) is a sci-fi parable for the alienation of the modern office worker. At…
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Gayer Than Gay Sex? The Jayvik Paradox
Spoilers for Arcane Seasons 1 and 2! At the time of writing this, it has been around 4 months since the release of Arcane’s second…
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The True Villain of the Last of Us: Joel Miller
WARNING: This article mentions weaponry, drugs, and murder. Please do not read if you are easily triggered by such things. This article contains spoilers for…
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From Inspiration to Illustration: An Interview with Koyorin
Koyorin is a Toronto-based digital illustrator whose work has appeared in conventions like The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) and Anime North. Currently, they are…
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Equals
With a wealth of sci-fi movies about the future, the trope of a society which suppresses the emotions of its citizens has become so frequent…
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VA-11 Hall-A: Through the Broken Glass
Playing the bar-tending simulator VA-11 Hall-A was like looking into a shattered mirror. Every time I booted up the game I noticed the way its…
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The Wrath of Khan
“How do you feel, Jim?” Did you ever read a book or watch a movie as a kid and think, “Hot diggity, that was…
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Surviving Humanity in Subnautica
Like most survival video-games, Subnautica’s main premise is straightforward: you have crash-landed your spaceship on an alien planet. You have naught but your wits and…
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Bowie Fiction
There was a time during the twentieth century when the position of the greatest science fiction author was officially split into three. The greatest authors…
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Lonesome no More!
Different writers speak to different people. There can be lots of writers that you like, and lots that you don’t. But I think for each…
The Spectatorial 