dystopian futures

Motherboard
‘The Running Man’ Is the Perfect Dystopian Movie For Trump’s Inauguration
It's the 30th anniversary of the cheesy 80s Schwarzenegger dystopian action flick, but it's never felt more timely.
Daniel Oberhaus
1.20.17
Comics!
Runbeast & Lola in Technoland
Nina Van Denbempt is a Belgian artist born in an 1989 and part of the current Belgian comics scene which is producing mind-blowing, beautiful comics. In this story, two people try to escape a dystopian Techno Land.
Nina Van Denbempt
6.25.15
Games
Bleak Video Games Should Remind Us of What Matters in Our Real Lives
Bleak dystopias can be oddly uplifting.
Brad Barrett
2.24.15

Tech
Gola
The future is a terrible place where all the humans are dead and robots, including Tamagotchis, are surviving by slurping our remains.
Curtis Tinsley
10.19.14
Stuff
Underappreciated Masterpieces: J. G. Ballard’s 'High Rise'
I was sold on High Rise (1975) after the first ten words: “Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog…”
Blake Butler
7.16.14