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Space ships and sound money

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Ben Hourigan

In September 2010, thousands of science fiction and fantasy fans will converge on Melbourne for the 68th Worldcon-a convention best known for being where the Hugo awards are decided and announced. Given every year since 1955, the Hugos recognise...

A slave obeys, a player chooses

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Ben Hourigan

When you escaped, not long ago, from the burning wreckage of a passenger jet crashed in the middle of the Atlantic, you entered a lonely obelisk rising from the water. Inside that obelisk, a bathysphere waited to take you down to the art...

The brave new world of lifestyle capitalism

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Ben Hourigan

Benjamin Hourigan reviews The 4-hour Workweek: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Vermillion, 2008, 308 pages). 'I believe that life exists to be enjoyed and that the most important thing is to feel good about...

What has happened to modern art

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Ben Hourigan

Photographs of naked thirteen-year-old girls, crucifixes immersed in urine, and videos of chickens being decapitated: this is modern art. So you'd think, at least, if you went by what gets the most attention in the news, and never visited art...

The moral code of Grand Theft Auto IV

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Ben Hourigan

Want to steal cars and shoot cops? Then Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is the videogame for you. You won't be the only one playing it: released for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 in April this year, it's the game of 2008. In its first...