Described by its director as “The Conversation revisited”, Enemy of the State
was a strange Hollywood creation of the late 1990s that brought the NSA to
mainstream audiences with a story of domestic spying; Its producer even
warned “There is no place to hide now ”

Games and ethics (ads for milk and the military, licensing etc.)

“eXistenZ is the more intellectual version of Matrix…”

NSA : three books, and Asimov’s science fiction criticism

Brief moments in the life of netizens… ethnographic essay focusing on two key moments of alt.tv.x-files

‘Amusing ourselves to death’ review; Perfect blue

‘Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals’ review; Parasite Eve novel and film

‘Groove’ review and history of Internet cafes continued

Groove (2000) and a cybercafe guide from the 90s

Esoteric languages and ‘Katamari Damacy’

Parasite Eve, and more early Internet cafes SF NY London

Web sites : underground, Bugtraq, cDC…

Evolution (2001) and Berkeley Barb

Hafner’s The Well and Markoff’s Brand biography

‘Net Cafe’ series, and early Internet cafes

Douglas Engelbart, and ‘Boy’s Club’ / Pepe meme origins

Feminist Frequency, and CIA tech contractors …

Comedy of technology : Silicon Valley and Million Dollar Extreme

Ornstein’s memories of computing, feminist technology media

Chelsea’s biography