Lewis Gordon

Lewis Gordon is a UK-based writer on technology and culture. His writing has appeared in Vice, The Verge and The Nation, among others.

What Exactly Is the Point of ‘The Last of Us’?

Lewis Gordonartreview.com15 February 2023

Something crucial is always lost in translating videogames into TV shows

How Videogames Envision Capitalism’s Final Frontier

Lewis Gordonartreview.com23 December 2022

From ‘Citizen Sleeper’ and ‘Signalis’ to ‘Hardspace Shipbreaker’, the cosmic dystopias of 2022’s videogames provided timely meditations on stinging economic hardship

How ‘Candy Crush’ Trapped Us in the Machine Zone

Lewis Gordonartreview.com24 November 2022

Now in its tenth year, the sugary sweet mobile game has proven a killer app for an era of rising technological addiction

What ‘-ism’ is Björk?

Lewis Gordonartreview.com06 October 2022

The Icelandic singer returns with ‘Fossora’, a daring collection of songs that search for common ground between fungi and family

What Makes a Videogame Feel ‘Real’?

Lewis Gordonartreview.com08 September 2022

How the Milan Triennale Game Collection and The Last of Us Part 1 offer conflicting positions on what constitutes beauty

Andrea Arnold’s ‘Cow’ and Cinema’s Search for Nonhuman Consciousness

Lewis Gordonartreview.com04 February 2022

Filmmakers’ interest in the inhabitants of farmyards and beyond reflects a newfound longing for connection with the ‘more-than-human’ world

This Videogame Is Killing the Planet

Lewis Gordonartreview.com08 December 2021

The popular online multiplayer shooter ‘Battlefield 2042’ cashes in on the crises awaiting future generations while simultaneously hastening their arrival