Once Upon a Time in the Singularity: ‘Westworld’ and the Gamification of Who Gets to Be Human | Village Voice

A wall of white and black hats. Terrifying darkness. A woman staggering through a medical facility with her guts ripped open. And always, in the background: the player piano ticking along according to its programming, playing modern-day ballads to the denizens of a future world. Welcome to Westworld, a slick new HBO production that promises…

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Did the Media Fall For a Fake Story About CNN Airing 30 Minutes of Hardcore Porn Last Night? | Mediaite

Editor’s Note: There is an update to this story provided by the network’s general manager at the bottom of this piece. — Admittedly, we in the Mediaite writer’s room laughed out loud in shocked disbelief when we read the first headline this morning from the International Business Times: Oops! CNN’s Boston TV channel accidentally broadcasts…

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The Stargate reboot is doomed · Newswire · The A.V. Club

It’s been a bad couple of years for explosion enthusiast Roland Emmerich. First, his gay rights drama Stonewall spawned accusations of whitewashing before being quickly forgotten by audiences. Then, his and frequent collaborator Dean Devlin’s Independence Day sequel, Resurgence, got blasted out of theaters by a giant laser beam of critical revulsion and audience indifference….

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