Greetings Webtaculators. On to the news.
STORY OF THE WEEK (8 min. read)
What: Mueller Report
Why: Because it makes no sense that everyone involved in this case who was found to be obstructing justice would have done so if they had nothing to hide – the logic of this whole endeavor feels broken.
ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Corporate Overlord
Why: Because Disney now owns 21st Century Fox (the entertainment Fox, not the “news” Fox).
LAW THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: How To Ban Weapons After A Mass Shooting
Why: Because New Zealand understands that people do not need guns in a modern society.
TECH THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: Google Enters Gaming
Why: Because as mentioned last week, Google is such a large platform that it is kind of amazing that it didn’t do something earlier. The main strength that Stadia has is that google is already heavily invested in servers, so it makes sense that they are going all in on back end streaming. However, not everyone is super excited about.
SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. look)
What: March Of The Madness
Why: Because people like watching basketball, so why not have 64 teams? Apparently someone still has a perfect bracket.
MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Us
Why: Because Jordan Peele has managed to revive American horror movies all on his own.
MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Lux Prima
Why: Because Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Danger Mouse, of, well, Danger Mouse, make some beautiful music together.
ARCHITECTURE THING OF THE WEEK (8 min. read)
What: Living Above It All
Why: Because why develop just one building in NYC when you can develop a whole park of them?
LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. read)
What: Authors Don’t Know How To Party
Why: Because party scenes in books make no sense.
VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (6 min. read)
What: Shadows Die Always
Why: Because Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a very hard game in the same vein as Dark Souls and Bloodborne, and like those games, is very, very good.
INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK (∞)
What: Scoot Away; Train Time; Strangererer Things
Why: Because Internet.
THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Oculus Rift S
Why: Because Brian deserves it.
Webtacularly yours,
Brian
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