episode THIRTY-FOUR: Tetris, Comic Books, and the Right to Be Forgotten

"Metaphorically speaking, you gotta build your life from building blocks, but you don't always get to control what building blocks you get."
– Mel

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In this fan-made Tetris webcomic, two self-aware squares, Tetromino and Mel, go beyond the 2D blocks and comic book panels, and overthink about the overlaps between Western culture, Asian identity, and art.

Stages:

• Is Tetris really a "perfect game"? (yes, it is)
• Comic book adaptations vs. the media literacy crisis: Did Alan Moore's Watchmen and Zack Snyder's obsession with The Dark Knight Returns ruin the fun of superhero movies?
• Putting the Science in Sci-Fi: stories that live up to the name of the genre (and instances where science-fiction blurs the lines with fantasy)
• Surveillance capitalism and the right to be forgotten: how do we assert our autonomy over how the world remembers us?
• Mel defines, describes, and debunks misconceptions surrounding Schizophrenia

Credits for music featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• PME
• Ava Low
• geodesis