dystopia

  • A Stunning Southern Dystopia Is One Of The Best-Written Games Of The Year

    A Stunning Southern Dystopia Is One Of The Best-Written Games Of The Year

    The unnerving tone of Geography Of Robot’s Southern Gothic point-n-click adventure Norco fascinates me. Its conflation of a recognisable 21st-century Louisiana, and dystopian science fiction, creates an oppressive darkness that weighs on my mind as I click through the game’s “mind-map” menu, where memories and ideas can be connected via dialogue choices. Closing that down…


  • The Future Promised By Johnny Mnemonic Wasn’t Too Far Off

    The Future Promised By Johnny Mnemonic Wasn’t Too Far Off

    Based on a short story by the father of cyberpunk, William Gibson, and starring Keanu Reeves, who was hot off the success of Speed, the 1995 sci-fi thriller Johnny Mnemonic had the potential to be something great. Unfortunately, its vision of the future may have arrived a bit too early for audiences. Upon its release, reviewers…