IC 38: The Industry For Your Attention

Lots of news outlets covered Netflix’s letter in which it said to investors that it sees the game Fortnite as its biggest competitor. What does it say that media companies view themselves as peddlers of attention-grabbing products instead of TV shows or other content? Plus, how Fortnite is actually a social networking platform and not … Continue reading IC 38: The Industry For Your Attention

Lots of news outlets covered Netflix’s letter in which it said to investors that it sees the game Fortnite as its biggest competitor. What does it say that media companies view themselves as peddlers of attention-grabbing products instead of TV shows or other content? Plus, how Fortnite is actually a social networking platform and not simply a video game. We also discuss The Good Place Season 1, an eccentric YouTuber with a green screen, and a very artistic Reddit meme.

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Show Notes

Netflix says their main competition is Fortnite, not HBO (Tech Crunch)

“Fortnite isn’t a game, it’s a place” (Owen Williams)

PUBG: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (Wikipedia)

Roblox (Wikipedia)

The Mystery Brand YouTuber scam (The Verge)

Youtubers respond to controversy, one guy says he got a fake pair of shoes from the company (The Verge)

Gaming
Mad Max 2015

Batman: Arkham Asylum

You’ve Gotta See This (YGST)

This time: The Good Place (IMDb)

For next time: Moon 2009 (IMDb)

Good Internet, Best Internet (GIBI)
Randolf’s Good 1: Youtuber Zebra Corner (example commercial)
Michael’s Good 1: A chart showing the never-ending chain of Redditors painting art of each other (see one such Reddit thread here) (guy who did two different people)
Randolf’s Good 2: r/StuffOnCats
Michael’s Good 2: Facebook is making an awful new app called LOL and even news outlets think it’s awful. The Verge covers every app FB has failed to launch or acquired and shut down