Hapheads: new web-series from Jim Munroe and the "Ghosts With Shit Jobs" crew

Cory Doctorow 1:00 pm Fri Mar 7, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBb5J2Qoytw

Jim Munroe sez, "Ten years from now, videogames are so immersive that teenagers learn lethal skills just by playing. They're called hapheads.

The folks I made Ghosts With Shit Jobs with made this trailer I adapted from a book-length story I'm working on. Don't know if we can honestly call what we do lo-fi sci-fi anymore — with fight scenes and full-on special effects, it's way more in the mold of traditional action sci-fi. I'm thinking what'll set it apart is the characterization of the father & daughter (my emotional entry into the story, thinking about my relationship with my daughter in 10 years) and the subcultural millieu that'll emerge."

Haphead

(Thanks, Jim!)

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