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‘The Prisoner’ Has Superbly Outlived Its Original Context
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‘The Prisoner’ Has Superbly Outlived Its Original Context

By
John A. Riley
/ 2 February 2018

Rogue filmmaker Alex Cox ties The Prisoner's island mentality and palpable "cupcake fascism" to current political events, including Brexit, in I Am Not a Number.

Moving Pixels Podcast: A Game of Words, Exploring ‘Device 6’
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Moving Pixels Podcast: A Game of Words, Exploring ‘Device 6’

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 12 May 2014
This week we get lost in the text of Device 6.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

“One in a million, that is you”: ‘Device 6’ and the Decentralization of Player Identity

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 19 March 2014
Featured: Top of Home Page/Television

The Prisoner: ‘Fall Out’

By
Kit MacFarlane
/ 11 November 2009

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