“Every new technology necessitates a new war.”— Marshall McLuhan

We have SPC. Cale Weir back for a AAA Let’s Play of Counter Strike. The gang talks about passé discourse, the myth and intoxication of war, while Ben and Cale get a little drunk and Jon and Cat eat dinner.

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/books/wars-are-made-not-born.htmlRegarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FRW5jw19y0

War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict by Corey Mead: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/playing-war-how-the-military-uses-video-games/280486/

Radical Critique of ‘Papers, Please!’ by Marijam Didžgalvytė: https://medium.com/@marijamdid/radical-critique-of-papers-please-d1e24e57b8d5

War and Peace in the Global Village by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/2854056Find SPC. Cale on his newly minted twitch channel here: twitch.tv/taxxxhavenOr his excellent music here: https://taxhaven.bandcamp.com/To rent at the Brandscape you can contact us here: http://brandscape.club/contact.html

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