Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker is a Guardian columnist who wrote Screen burn for The Guide from 2000 to 2010. He currently writes a G2 comment piece every Monday and he produces, writes and presents Screenwipe for the BBC
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The Black Mirror creator invents exciting products to transform your life – from the workout that makes you feel like a saint to the world’s cleverest toilet
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The Guide's future issueCharlie Brooker: ‘The more horrible an idea, the funnier I find it’As the anthology series Black Mirror returns, its creator explains what fuels the show’s twisted tales – and tells us where we’re going wrong with technology
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We’ve had the blood-letting of the Ed Wedding. Now we’ve got the full-fat Tory government that virtually no one predicted
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What sort of person can’t decide who to vote for, but can rate how much they like whatever they’re hearing out of five, and wants to sit there tapping a button accordingly?
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Charlie Brooker: Researchers have created a version of Mario that experiences basic emotions – now he needs a purpose that affects the real world
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Charlie Brooker: Products I’ve made up for the sheer giddy thrill of it include Total Farage Plus, which skilfully Photoshops the Ukip leader into whatever you’re looking at
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Charlie Brooker: From flooding to Benefits Street, the rise of Ukip to the Apple Watch, the year was filled with huge, grim events. We could all use a lie-down over Christmas
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Charlie Brooker: The John Lewis and Sainsbury’s ads have kickstarted an earlier-than-ever festive season in which we’ll shop or click our way to bankruptcy chasing 15% off the top Christmas products. But beware of My Friend Cayla
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Charlie Brooker: If the fashion industry truly cared about the future of our planet, it would issue a solitary line of unisex, one-size-fits-all smocks, then shut down for good
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Charlie Brooker: It’s a stealth adventure with nowhere to hide and hundreds of respawning enemies waiting to attack you the moment you stand out in any way
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Charlie Brooker: Exaggeration is the official language of the internet. Only the most strident statements have any impact. Oversteer and oversell, all the time
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Charlie Brooker: The all-new iPhones and Apple Watch can be easily avoided but there’s no escaping iOS 8
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The first rule of panic mode is you don’t talk about panic mode. And this is purely for personal reasons, but I don’t want Scotland to reject us, writes Charlie Brooker
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Charlie Brooker: Russia v Ukraine, Isis, Boris Johnson, Cliff Richard and Ebola – there's not much to be cheerful about right now, though the ice bucket challenge is working overtime
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Charlie Brooker: I decided to introduce my son to video games. We soon found one he liked … and I mean really, really liked
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Charlie Brooker: Ukip has made thousands from merchandise on its online store. What could the other parties learn from it?
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Charlie Brooker: The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers bill is the most tedious outrage ever, right down to the dreary acronym. But oh, the horrors it will bring …
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Charlie Brooker: Facebook's emotion study reveals it is hopelessly disconnected from emotional reality: that people get upset when people they care about are unhappy