Tag: CULTURE

How Atlanta Expanded the Limits of Storytelling

In anticipation of Sunday's Emmy Awards, this week WIRED staffers are looking back at some of their favorite shows from the past year. When the first season of Atlanta quietly ended last November, it did so at a turtle's pace: low-key and unhurried. The episodes that preceded the finale embodied the same spirit—a farcical and…

By HotelSalesCareers March 20, 2019 Off

Sorry, But You Need to Care About Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian

The Kardashian-Jenner clan's social-media savvy is a simple matter of data. All told, they have almost half a billion followers on Instagram alone. ("All told" meaning, of course: Kardashian sisters Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe; matriarch Kris; ex-spouse/step-mapa Caitlyn Jenner; Jenner spawn Kendall and Kylie; and the lone Kardashian male, Rob.) They are the archetypical "influencers,"…

By HotelSalesCareers March 20, 2019 Off

Porpentine's New Twine Game Isn't Just a Twine Game

It's almost impossible to separate the "Twine revolution"—the proliferation of small-scale interactive fiction created by nontraditional game designers—from Porpentine. The Oakland, California-based creator's alien, poetic work has been a fixture of the Twine scene for years while also serving as a microcosm of all the best parts of it. If you've heard of Twine, you've…

By HotelSalesCareers March 20, 2019 Off

Handmaid’s Tale: It’s Time to Join the Resistance

To escape a nightmare, sometimes you just need to remember that your life is worth waking up for. In the two most recent episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale, June/Offred (Elisabeth Moss) learned that two of the people she cared about most—her husband, Luke (O-T Fagbenle), and her best friend, Moira (Samira Wiley)—are still alive. When…

By HotelSalesCareers March 20, 2019 Off

Everything You Need to Watch on TV This Winter

If you happen to live on the East Coast, then you know this feeling: cold. It's genuinely, bone-chillingly, brutally cold out there right now. No one wants to leave the house. And for that, there's another feeling: the idea that you don't have to abandon the comfort of your couch. Sound boring? It won't be.…

By HotelSalesCareers March 20, 2019 Off