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We cover an article by man of the peoples’ philosopher Slavoj Žižek, exploring emerging ideas and the landscape of what posthumanism might evolve into via current pop culture touchstones. The post Philosophy & Narrative: Cyberpunk, Posthumanism, and Slavoj Žižek appeared first on The Lost Signals.

We discuss this intriguingly opaque short story, and ponder what it means to consume a god.[Average score: 5.6] The post Literature: The (Not So) Midas Touch | 2N5E by Yuki Iwama appeared first on The Lost Signals.

We head down to Cuba circa the late 70s to check out this touted foreign flick covering a range of socio-political topics. [Average 8.3] The post Film & TV: Strawberry y Chocolate appeared first on The Lost Signals.

On the frontier as always, we define and discuss the practice of recontextualizing and/or defamiliarizing narratives in games (and some other media) framed around likely the most famous example of such found within the Nier series. The post Games & Gaming Culture: Recontextualization/Defamiliarization appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Two kombatants enter the ring to briefly review the series’ 2021 film incarnation before turning their attention to the franchise overall. The post Games & Gaming Culture: Mortal Kombat Khicanery appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Grab a bat and haul ass in your Banshee, as TLS is joined by the hooligans of ASP for a whirlwind tour of the GTA series. The post Games & Gaming Culture Guest Special: Grand Theft Auto with American Slacker Podcast appeared first on The Lost Signals.

In this guest ep, TLS is joined by new friends and old to reflect back 25 years later on the best/most seminal films of 1996. Featuring series regular Joe Soria and first time guest Dan Kirschenbaum. Results of our best movies of ’96 Snake Draft The post Guest Month- Film & Television: 1996 In Cinema appeared first on The Lost Signals.

An invigorating discussion of Asian American/Pacific Islander helmed films with great friend of the show, Morgan Goldin. See below for the films and where to find them streaming. Better Luck Tomorrow – Amazon PrimeThe Namesake – HBO MaxChildren of Invention – IMDB StreamingColumbus – KanopyMinding the Gap – HuluBONUS The Debut – for rent on Amazon Prime The post Film & TV: Guest Month AAPI appreciation episode with Morgan Goldin appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Utopia isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this classic story from one of the greats that is more of a thought/discussion piece. [Aggregate score: 6.75* Score reflects limits of MOTS system in this case, as expanded upon in episode] The post Literature: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin appeared first on The Lost Signals.

In grand post-Academy tradition, it’s…time! for TLS to hit up Vegas in a review of this year’s choice of infamously panned/ostracized film. [Aggregate score: 3.66] The post Film & TV: Showgirls appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Three men review/debate a film about one man pretending to be woman to further his career.[Aggregate score: 6.33 repeating of course] The post AFI Top 100 #069: Tootsie appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Whip out your big 6-shooter and fart around the fire for the final film in our Mel Brooks tribute.[Aggregate score: 7.7] The post Film & TV: Blazing Saddles appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Another year, another delightful conversation with Morgan Goldin. We got his thoughts on the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, who we liked, who we didn’t, and how the show has changed in the last 6 years. The post Morgan-Mania VI: An Oscars Discussion with Morgan Goldin appeared first on The Lost Signals.

TLS recaps/predicts/pontificates on this year’s Oscar season and films for these uncertain times just ahead of the awards. The post Film & TV: 2020 Oscars Roundup appeared first on The Lost Signals.

For the third entry in our focus on Mel Brooks comedies, we go way back to post-revolution Russia and the search for family jewels. [Aggregate score: 8.3] The post Film & TV: The Twelve Chairs appeared first on The Lost Signals.

G&GC returns once again in a new ‘season’ and as always we start off with 2020’s titles duking it out to see which come out as the best, worst, and merely mediocre. See Scott’s full list and impressions here. The post Games & Gaming Culture: Top Games of 2020 appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Grab your jerkins, arrows, and pantyhose as TLS reviews the next Mel Brooks film in our comedy monthly block.[Aggregate score: 9] The post Film & TV: Robinhood: Men in Tights appeared first on The Lost Signals.

Ding! Ding! It’s Spring! And time for round 3 of TLS ramblings, recommendations, and other pop ephemera outside our regular coverage.Click here for the full list of stuff we touch upon. The post Pop Culture Roundup Roundtable: April 2021 appeared first on The Lost Signals.

TLS kicks off our traditional comedy month with a medley of Mel Brooks picks, starting with one of his earlier works.[Aggregate score: 8] The post Film & TV: Young Frankenstein appeared first on The Lost Signals.

TLS takes the 4 hour journey that is the Zack Snyder’s Fan-On-Demand cut of “Justice League.”[Aggregate score: 7.5] The post Film & TV: Zack Snyder’s Justice League appeared first on The Lost Signals.