Damian Hondares Archives - Digital America

Fear and Loathing in GTA V: Where the Wave Broke

“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught,” Hunter Thompson wrote in his 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in...

Isn’t It Ironic?

Blackstar: Trolled by the Goblin King

Language in the Age of Context Collapse

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Just Be Evil

I heard a rumor that my writing was bleak. I’m not sure if I believe it or not. The way I see it, not...

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Oblivion and the Internet

I wasn’t going to write this piece. I thought about it, considered writing and then stopped. Lest I should bloviate as per usual or...

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My kind of social media

I’m antisocial. Sure, when I’m off at school it’s different. I’m in “people mode” so often that sometimes I forget just how much of...

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The Internet’s Identity Theft

Whenever I feel like annoying my girlfriend, I bombard her with cryptic quotes. My personal favorite comes from the one and only Bob Dylan,...

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The Walking Dead in a Digital America

The Walking Dead returned Sunday, February 8, 2015 for the second half of its fifth season. 15.6 million people tuned in. I was one...

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Netflix Killed the Movie Star

Netflix recently announced a major deal with Adam Sandler to release four movies on its streaming platforms the same day as its big-screen premiere....