Apr 8, 2026
This episode has a fresh intro to recap the insane antics of the week and offer up a few recommendations, then we dive back into Simon Morden's Equations of Life. Once again we are joined by Geoff from the Astronomica Podcast.
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of...
Apr 1, 2026
It's another book episode, which means we are joined by Geoff from Astronomica to use our mushy little brains and read words on paper (or listen to someone else read them at us) and this time we are reading Equations of Life by Simon Morden. The book follows a Russian refugee living in the London Metrozone and...
Mar 25, 2026
If you were an adolescent in 2002-2003, Equilibrium ruled. Equal parts Matrix-cool and not-at-all-subtle anti authoritarianism were the perfect mix for angsty young men such as your humble hosts. As an adult in 2026 it's still kinda rules, though the flaws may be slightly more apparent. Pre-Batman Bale, fresh off of...
Mar 18, 2026
Blade Runner Black Lotus seems like it should be right up our alley. The problem is, it's boring. And not in a Blade Runner 2049 boring-because-not-a-lot-is-happening-but-interesting-because-you're-watching-characters-develop way, boring in a Surrogates way. Perhaps we were unfair to Black Lotus because we had just...
Mar 11, 2026
Surrogates is kind of a bummer. Not because it's exceptionally bad, or exceptionally squandered potential, it's just a waste of time that could be better spent doing almost anything else. It stands for nothing, it's trying to say nothing, it offers nothing. Most of the performances are people playing robots, and they...