Fishwick Papers: The "State Cage Lapitalism" Edition

Good Thursday, dear friends.Thanks for your patience while I was away travelling last week. I had an awesome time at the New Zealand Games Festival, where I met some really interesting people and gave a talk on Games in Museums. I'm back home (haven't really unpacked though, haha, hahaha, haaaaa-ineedtogetonthat-aaaa), back in the saddle of work, and looking forward to running some fun things on the side.If you're in Melbourne, I'll be performing in Maestro - one of my favourite improv formats - for the next few Sundays. I'd love to see you there!Thank you for subscribing, and I'll see you next week with more fun things!Muc lov,jim xoxo

Pop Culture Will Eat Us

• When did pop culture become homework?

• Spoilers are just built-in obsolescence for media

• The pressure to constantly update games is crushing the industry

Revealing Writing

• 50,000 volunteers worked to decode Syrian war images

• The founder of Buzzfeed used to write Marxist theory

• News Corp is democracy's greatest threat

• [Angry film translator noises]

The Good/Bad Place (delete as applicable)

• Eating the world's hottest chili, for fun

• How the desert became a selfie hotspot

• The hidden gender imbalance in public transport

Japanese High School Dance Video Of The Week

• Tomioka Dance Club's 80s medley