Almost two decades later – on the palindrome date, February 21st,2012 – the reboot of Bullfrog Production’s original PC-game called Syndicate has been released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC by Starbreeze Studios. This re-mounting of the classic game about capitalism gone awry differs mainly from the 1993 version in terms of genre, having been changed from a tactical shooter game into a First Person Shooter (FPS). The setting of the game is a megalopolis imagined in the year 2069, in a post-national world wherein a massive global syndicate pervades over the human race. The technologies of the worldwide corporatocracy, Eurocorps, have become ubiquitous to the point that each civilized individual has a chip implanted within their heads, whose intents and purposes resemble that of an iPhone. However, should a private citizen run into a special agent, their entire consciousness and motor abilities are vulnerable to be overthrown through the act of “breaching” or, essentially, hacking into another’s brain. Throughout the course of the game, a player assumes the point of view of a single character named Miles Kilo. He is a prototype government agent whose mind has been outfitted with the DART6-chip that endows him with dark powers of telekinetic persuasion and coercion. In keeping with its cyber-punk genre association, Syndicate’s plotline brings Kilo to discover that the corporation employing him is not to be trusted. He becomes a renegade, using the superior powers afforded him by the militarized version of Eurocorps’ chip in an effort to topple their maligned system. 

Amidst all the chaos in the world, a good comedians can simplify things and make them humorous in the same beat. A sort of poor mans philosopher, a comedian can also do what a journalist often can’t, which is speak the truth. Even if comedians can speak ‘truths’ to audiences, many times their message isn’t as respected as if it were delivered by a journalist. Its a Catch 22 for a comedian who’s goal goes deeper than making the audience laugh.

 As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange once wrote, “If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.” If comedy is good, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is controversial. This depends on the topic. Take comedians on politics for example. For thousands of years, comedians and politicians have fought a ‘blind battle’ with the public stuck in the middle. On one side politicians (not completely) oppress the people, and on the other side comedians humorously mock the politicians actions. Due to the size of the audience, the impact of the affect is always greater for the politician. There has never been a political coup carried out by comedians, but recently the impact comedians are having on politics is growing.