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.

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

Cosplay Coup: What the MAGA Selfies Reveal

Lewis Gordonartreview.com08 January 2021

As absurd as they look, the images from the US Capitol are destined to be venerated in the most disaffected corners of the internet for decades to come

How Broadcasters Turned Refugee Flight into Reality TV

Lewis Gordonartreview.com28 August 2020

What’s striking about recent reporting from the English channel is the naked power imbalance between subject and creator