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Lewis Gordon

Lewis Gordon is a UK-based technology and culture writer. His work appears in outlets such as Vice, The Verge, and The AV Club.

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Substack’s Lonely War on Publishing

The new subscription platform for writers is atomizing an already fragile cultural ecosystem 

BY Lewis Gordon | 18 FEB 21
Opinion
A New Chinese Video Game that Makes You Pay for Love

How Genshin Impact’s use of gambling and intimacy embody artist Lawrence Lek’s concept of ‘sinofuturism’

BY Lewis Gordon | 20 NOV 20
Opinion
How Viral Video Games Model Pandemics

As COVID-19 intensified, video games about disease spread

BY Lewis Gordon | 13 MAY 20
Opinion
I’m A Hustler Baby: Uncut Gems, Parasite and the Cinema of Scammers

A crop of Hollywood ‘grifter’ films reflect growing pessimism about the state of capitalism 

BY Lewis Gordon | 24 JAN 20
Opinion
The New Normal: How Hollywood Depicted the Decade of Extreme Weather

In the 2010s, cinema grappled with the most tangible effects of the climate crisis 

BY Lewis Gordon | 02 JAN 20