SATAN IS REAL AND WE MUST DESTROY IT

It's easy to be cynical about refuseniks, protestors and political agiatators. After all if the government's so corrupt then why are the people so happy? Granted, their happiness is utterly dependent on having an infinite supply of processed food, gonzo pornography and video games to gorge themselves on, but they are happy. At least until the sugar high subsides and the sight of gaping asshole becomes humdrum. Then we're in trouble.

The point is, it's hard to hate The Man sometimes. You have to wait for something to come along which shakes your belief in Him. In many cases that something will be the advertising industry. Sometimes just thinking about the advertising industry is enough to make me wish I was in Discharge or something. These three ads from days gone by do the trick nicely. Sugar? It doesn't make you fat. Beer? It has vitamins! And as for cigarettes, you better start smoking them right now if you want to be an athlete.


I think you know what to do.

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VIVA NECROMUNDA

There's nothing wrong or unhealthy with obsessing over hyper-dense structures. Especially deserted hyper-dense structures. Am I right, guys? Guys?

This post was triggered by new photos of the mythical Kowloon Walled City - a kind of compacted trash city which was built on a tiny area near Hong Kong which neither Britain nor China ended up having ownership of. It's been demolished, but in its anarchic heyday it bore more than a passing resemblance to Ankh Morpork, of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

And if you wonder what the residents' of said city's houses look like you could do worse than check out photographer Michael Wolf's weirdly compelling (and beautifully presented) 100x100 photoseries.

Of course, structures don't have to be hyper-dense to be stimulating. They can also be conventionally post-apocalyptic. Check out Pripyat, a Ukrainian town, predictably not far from a place called Chernobyl. Better than that though, is the underground series of tunnels which Chairman Mao allegedly built to protect 40% of the city's population from nuclear war.

If all of this has put you in a Fallout kind of a mood then don't worry. Help is at hand. These charming, and not-at-all murderous-looking Russians are waiting for someone just like you to help explore, map and conquer the Wasteland.

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