Of all the video game characters produced throughout the past forty or so years, Lara Croft is undoubtedly the one that has made the biggest impact in terms of critical theory and cultural debate.
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Top of the Docs #23 – Life 2.0
Life 2.0 takes a look at a game from this era of MMORPGs, one of the most infamously addictive games of all time, Second Life.
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Top of the Docs #22 – Noise (2006)
In 2005, Olivier Assayas was given his opportunity, and what would follow would encapsulate the spirit behind a certain genre of music that had made waves throughout the last three decades.
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Top of the Docs #21 – Citizenfour (2014)
Since the Cold War and maybe even before, we have all been jokingly aware of the fact that our respective governments are, to some extent, watching us.
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Top of the Docs #20 – The Above (2015)
High above Kabul flies a balloon, attached to a tether, however,the role played by this odd fixture of Kabul’s sky is much more sinister than these other everyday objects.
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Top of the Docs #19 – ‘Tickled’ (2016)
The slightly homoerotic pastime of ‘competitive endurance tickling’ heralds a dark secret, one that suggests that sometimes, laughter isn’t always the best medicine.
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Top of the Docs #18 – ‘Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure’ (2011)
Matthew Bate’s documentary film, “Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure,” documents the story of Eddie Lee and Mitchell’s initial recordings and attempts to make sense of the inherent humor and relatability of the strange pop culture sensation.
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Top of the Docs #17 – Caniba
Sagawa has made a living off of the crime he committed, writing books and manga comics detailing what happened.
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Top of the Docs #16 – The Ten Best True Crime Docuseries Streaming Now
If you loved Netflix’s Tiger King, then you’re in luck there’s an abundance of true crime documentary series – a.k.a. docuseries – streaming right now. The docuseries format allows a story to be told with a level detail that couldn’t fit into a single documentary. To save you some time searching, here’s a list of the best ones out there.
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Top of the Docs #15 – ‘Shut Up and Sing’ and ‘Miss Americana’
When you’re a young woman in the music industry, who also happens to be a household name, there are two extremes that can happen if you decide to speak publicly about a controversial subject: you could inspire a media frenzy of people telling you to stick to singing, or you could be heralded as “brave” and “outspoken”.
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