THE KONGQUEST

This concept may not be a new one and this video is pretty old already, but I think as time progresses, this video is becoming more and more relevant to our culture and future generations. Michael Highland has created a documentary called As Real As Your Life that foreshadows how our technological innovation is going to affect children and adults in the future. Just as some books and movies tell us how machines will be integrated into our lifestyles in the future, Michael Highland shows us the reality and unreality of video game addicts that is today. The integration is almost part of our real world and will be reach the masses in the very near future.

Since the beginning of email, people have been pissing each other off by sending chain letters to a massive list of contacts. In response, you will always have some jokester or heckler replying back to everyone on the list, basking in the limelight of mass communication. From PopMatters magazine comes a great article on this odd cultural phenomenon. Check it for some great writing and humorous reflection of our electronic culture. Here’s an excerpt:

REPLY ALL is an attention-seeker’s dream: within seconds, we find that our reach and impact has spread like the first sneeze in a second-grade classroom. Providing the recipients bother to open the email – and read it—our voice is being heard not only by friends and coworkers, but by utter strangers around the world. With a simple click from someone who’s bored at their day job in the cube, looking to kill some time, the spot – er, computer-light—is cast upon us.

It is our moment, so we had better make it count; we may as well use all capital letters, you know, THE SHOUT – let’s not forget multiple exclamation points, too. And hey, may as well tell our best jokes, perhaps show off our erudition and cultural savvy with a few well-chosen references to the latest books, movies, or a phrase gleaned from news coverage of international politics.

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