Alfie Bown is the author of The Playstation Dreamworld, a philosophy of games and politics and Enjoying It: Candy Crush and Capitalism. Along with being a theorist on video games and culture he has recently started writing for the Guardian. He recently wrote a review of Ready Player One entitled “Steven Spielberg’s film portrays video gamers at their worst” and before that he wrote a think piece for them entitled “How video games are fuelling the rise of the far right.” It’s this second piece that he’ll be discussing in this week’s episode. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB-RR6E2lYs

On this episode of Conver/gences, Will and Adam speak with Tom Whyman, author of The German Ideology: A New Abridgement, available on Repeater Books. The new abridgment revisits Marx and Engels' controversial and often misunderstood text, offering an impetus to rethink the tenets of Marxist theory against ensuing efforts to achieve communism around the world. Purchase The German Ideology: A New Abridgement here: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-german-ideology-a-new-abridgement/ Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books ----- Other links: The Philosopher’s Tarot from Repeater Books (mentioned in the episode): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717040/the-philosophers-tarot-by-sereptie/9781914420917?ref=PRHB7BD76FBDB&aid=14813&linkid=PRHB7BD76FBDB Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books: Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizon Merch: crit-drip.com The Horror Vanguard Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Buddies Without Organs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939 Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/ Support Daniel Tutt's work by visiting the Torsion Groups Patreon account: https://patreon.com/torsiongroups ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAhTpellQts

'What would Acid Bernie-ism look like?' A conversation with Mike Watson, Terry Tapp and Adam Ray Adkins held on 7th February on twitch. Mike Watson talks to Terry Tapp and Adam Ray Adkins about Acid Communism , the Sanders campaign and the recent Iowa caucus, art and left memes. The talk is followed by a live visuals and music set. Mike is author of 'Can The Left Learn to Meme?: Adorno, Video Gaming, and Stranger Things'. Buy UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Left-Learn-Meme-Stranger/dp/1785357239/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=can+the+left+learn+to+meme&qid=1581105243&sr=8-1 Buy US: https://www.amazon.com/Can-Left-Learn-Meme-Stranger/dp/1785357239/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26FDM025PYC3I&keywords=can+the+left+learn+to+meme&qid=1581105268&sprefix=can+the+left%2Caps%2C268&sr=8-1 This discussion from this video is mirrored on Mike Watson's new YouTube channel, Theorywave Nights: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVj4V3FHHXFh2vPg0pKgBNA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5lSQxwS-XE

In this video we take up the musical genre of vaporwave again in order to understand the Capitalist Realist moment we’re trapped in. We also consider the movie Snowpiercer as we take up an essay by the post-Marxist McKenzie Wark who, in his essay The Sublime Language of My Century, criticized Marx’s critique of political economy in the same way that a music critic might criticize a pop song. Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher http://www.zero-books.net/books/capitalist-realism Babbling Corpse http://www.zero-books.net/books/babbling-corpse ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opMAQzMEkGg