(cross-posted from http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.851195-Halt-and-Catch-Fire-another-cheap-AMC-clone#21038317)

( Nope, didn't like it, sadface.... )

So you were probably sitting around, thinking, "Hey, what if there was a show like Mad Men, but instead, it was about the reverse-engineering of PC architecture in 1983?" AMC is streaming the show for free until 1-Jun. And holy crap, they named it Halt and Catch Fire.

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"You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain. There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it."
-- H.R. Giger

"J.B. Harold: Murder Club, sometimes as released as simply Murder Club or Final Murder Club, is a menu-driven adventure game from the creator of Hotel Dusk and Trace Memory, Rika Suzuki....A horrible murder has taken place in the sleepy little town of Liberty. Bill Robbins, a wealthy man known for his wild womanizing ways is the victim and, list of ( Read more... )

Meanwhile, in 1994, MTV logs onto the Internet.
NSFW, if you're the kind of person who gets off on seeing mid-1990s Macintoshes.

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Hoodah: So did you download dota2 yet http://dota2.cyborgmatt.com/Dota2_SpiritRat.png
Rafferty: Wow, so how long do I have to play to earn that?
Rafferty: And is that legit, or just an import from Half Life?
Hoodah: Probably not legit
Hoodah: But probably a joke based on the term rat dota. Where you suck like hell but win anyway by constantly ( Read more... )

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I'm working on a post-human cyberpunk project thinger.

Can anyone provide me with links to a good introduction to "maker culture"? Thanks in advance.

"Life is like an analogy."
-- Aaron Allston (1960-2014)