Prometheus, Paranoia and E3 on The Monitor This Week
We scan Ridley Scott's long-awaited return to sci-fi, Matt Kindt's comic Mind MGMT and new videogames Inversion and Gravity Rush in this edition of Wired's pop culture video series.
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Contributing editor Peter Rubin writes about pop culture, sports technology, and AR/VR for WIRED. His book Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life was published in April 2018. ... Read More
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