Tom Faber

Culture journalist @guardian @nytimes @ft @residentadvisor @kinfolkmag @pitchfork @thewiremagazine etc / @ft gaming critic / DJ @netilradio

[Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis]

A new video game lets you run a 1930s newspaper in New York and do favors for the mob @_TomFaber https://t.co/y81msUP0Jn

[alain servais @aservais1]

How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery. Is this how the party ends? By @_tomfaber #PayWall https://t.co/wUAMIkLFpS via @ft

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

For @nytimes I dived deep into the insane story of Disco Elysium, a brilliant RPG made by a group of Estonian socialists who then exploded into bitter infighting, lawsuits and a scrap over the legacy of one of the greatest games ever made.

https://t.co/vmrfD1Ok39

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

“If you’re reluctant to be in a relationship or have a family, to use social media, if you don’t want to earn money — these things are reduced to psychological symptoms which should be treated. What happens if we look at them instead as political forms of resistance?”

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

In July I met trailblazing theorist Paul B. Preciado, whose work is poetic and revolutionary. We discussed his idea to redefine ‘dysphoria’, today's surging transphobia and how we might remain hopeful despite it all. Read it on @FinancialTimes or DM me

https://t.co/yXCJIqX3v8

[LSE @LSEnews]

"We need to work out how to regulate big tech so that the bullying stops and the hate is not amplified."

Prof Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) talks to @_TomFaber at the @ObserverUK about young people's social media and smartphone use. 📱
https://t.co/0AlRGakQFj

[Patricia Clarke @paticlarke]

‘Great Rewiring’ or moral panic: are young people really the ‘anxious generation’?

Loved this thoughtful & nuanced piece from @_TomFaber
https://t.co/fBUQK88NIo

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

In The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt argues that social media is harming kids at an industrial scale.

I'm not so sure: yes there's a problem, but aren't there benefits, too?

For @ObserverUK I challenged Haidt on the nuances of this tricky debate.

https://t.co/biHIgL0Q07

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

25 years ago today, people woke up to realise they were safe from the dangers of Y2K. I revisited that moment for @guardian and discovered big questions around Y2K are still hotly debated, revealing much about our present anxieties around technology.

https://t.co/LBv4xH8hxZ

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

From background characters in video games to centre-stage on TikTok, NPCs are an obsession of the social media age. I spoke to some of the biggest creators about what it takes to make a living as a digital doll for this winter's @Dazed

Read it here: https://t.co/YSYEwcxPae

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

"We are Ukrainians who are making a Ukrainian game. It’s not a political statement, it’s just a good game...It’s made by us—and we matter.” I spoke to the creators of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl about finishing their epic game amidst the war with Russia.
https://t.co/Bwv8cDalh6

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

“We are Ukrainians who are making a Ukrainian game. It’s not a political statement, it’s just a good game. But we want people to know that this game you’re enjoying is not made by Russians. It’s made by us — and we matter.” @_TomFaber speaks to the makers of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

In today's @FinancialTimes I wrote about an intriguing new exhibition of early tech and computer art at @Tate, which shows the way artists are wrestling with modern technologies today actually has a history stretching back 50 years. https://t.co/yZSjHgc24R

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

@PaddyTipping Hi Paddy — I'd love to reach you about an article I'm writing for The Guardian — could you DM me on here or is there an email address I can contact you on? Thanks!

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

I investigated these questions along with some bigger ones: what is heritage? Who owns it? Why does it matter? And how does politics always get in the way?

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

Did you know @UNESCO has a list of songs, dances and crafts that it is trying to save from extinction? I visited for @ftweekend to investigate this quixotic quest, speaking to Brazilian shamans, Greenlandic drummers and the guy who rolls cheese down a hill
https://t.co/a08v3hrOiz

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

I've always thought this mission was pretty weird — how do you save a dance from disappearing? Who decides it is worth saving, anyway? Is there something kind of colonial about this whole thing?

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

For @FinancialTimes, I reviewed an exhibition in New York making the connections between video games and fine art.

"These artists are forging a space for games to move beyond entertainment to stake a place as mysterious art objects in their own right."

https://t.co/Ae8mWxiWzg

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

For the @FinancialTimes I interviewed Slawn, the 23 year-old artist who has infiltrated London's art scene. Is he the real deal or just an influencer who knows how to hustle?

https://t.co/9PYDjEn57A

[Tom Faber @_TomFaber]

I reviewed Floating Points’ new album Cascade for @residentadvisor - a selection of organic, shimmering club tracks which are great fun but lose a little of what makes his best music so singular.

https://t.co/cVGHG5cTXG