Published inTech Journal CyberpunkWeek 9 Tech Journal: Cyberpunk In Other BodiesAlthough Patricia Melzer in “There is No Spoon” argues for The Matrix reinforcing conservative views of the body in which body modification…Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021
Week 9 Critical Conversation: Cyberpunk in Other MediaPatricia Melzner in her piece “There is No Spoon:” Concepts of Subjectivity in the Matrix” explains that the body in The Matrix has a dual…Oct 31, 2021Oct 31, 2021
Week 8 Critical Conversation: Cyberpunk and the BodyDaniel H. Wilson’s The Nostalgist uses visual, as well as auditory imagery in order to invoke intense feelings that help create dramatic…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Published inTech Journal CyberpunkWeek 6 Tech Journal: Aesthetics of the ExtremeThe film Promising Young Woman (2020) is a time I feel that I experienced an aesthetic of the extreme because it was a thriller movie that…Oct 14, 2021Oct 14, 2021
Week 6 Critical Conversation: Point of ViewThe perspective, or point of view, in which an author chooses to write changes the way a reader understands and interprets each piece of…Oct 10, 2021Oct 10, 2021
Published inTech Journal CyberpunkWeek 5 Tech Journal: Virtual RealityDue to my extensive background in computer hardware and software, I feel that I have a much better understanding of what the physical space…Oct 8, 2021Oct 8, 2021
Week 5 Critical Conversation: Harold Jaffe’s “Max Headroom”A metaphor can be defined as a comparison between two things, based on resemblance or similarity, without using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’…Oct 3, 2021Oct 3, 2021
Published inTech Journal CyberpunkWeek 3 Tech Journal: Setting and AtmosphereThe Lowtek’s Killing Floor is used in William Gibson’s Johnny Mnemonic to emphasize the root of human nature and instinct — which is…Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Critical Conversation: William Gibson | Johnny MnemonicAs soon as Johnny Mnemonic and Molly Millions are leaving the Drome, a bar home to criminals and other menaces to society, Molly truly…Sep 19, 2021Sep 19, 2021
Tech Journal: CharacterOne of the important motifs from William Gibson’s Burning Chrome is the cross-roads and overlapping between one’s emotions and the online…Sep 16, 20211Sep 16, 20211