The journal is proud to announce the publication of issue 27.06. This month's articles: Amanda C. Cote and Brandon Harris -- Combatting Crunch from the Margins: How Hierarchies of “Realness” Complicate Video Game Production <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/combatting-crunch/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/combatting-crunch/> Amanda C. Cote and Brandon Harris discuss the myth of high-quality video games coming as a result of overworked video game developers. Alyx Vesey -- Remediating Liveness <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/remediating-liveness/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/remediating-liveness/> Drawing on examples such as NPR’s *Tiny Desk (Home) Concert *and Instagram’s *Verzuz *battles, Alyx Vesey explores how musicians have utilized online platforms as alternatives to live concerts in the age of COVID-19. Christina N. Baker -- “It Feels Right to Me”: Epiphanies, Erotic Power, and *Eve’s Bayou* <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/it-feels-right-to-me/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/it-feels-right-to-me/> Through the work of Judylyn Ryan and Audre Lorde, Christina N. Baker explores filmmaker Kasi Lemmons's films, *Eve's Bayou *and *Harriet*, through epiphany, intuition, spirituality, and the erotic. Orquidea Morales -- Guillermo del Toro: From Mexico to the World <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/guillermo-del-toro/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/guillermo-del-toro/> Using Mexican director Guillermo del Toro as a case study, Orquidea Morales discusses how his films are shaped by transnationalism and consequently exemplify the contested nature of the genre of Latinx Horror. Cynthia Meyers -- Pepsi Is Back in the Game (Show) <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/pepsi-is-back-in-the-game-show/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/pepsi-is-back-in-the-game-show/> Cynthia Meyers explores several Pepsi advertising campaigns dating back to the 1940s to contextualize the company's latest venture: sponsoring a new game show, *Cherries Wild*. Crystal Camargo -- Crossing the* Sonic Color Line*: TV Voiceover Narration in *N**ever Have I Ever* <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/crossing-the-sonic-color-line/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/crossing-the-sonic-color-line/> Crystal Camargo grapples with how the cultural specificity of Mindy Kaling's Netflix comedy *Never Have I Ever* is diluted by the sonic whiteness of the show's narrator, John McEnroe. Erika M. Heredia and Mel Stanfill -- Reactionary Influencers and the Construction of White Conservative Victimhood <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/reactionary-influencers/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/reactionary-influencers/> Erika M. Heredia and Mel Stanfill examine "reactionary influencers," who combine right-wing politics, reality-TV style provocations, and new social media opportunities for fame and fortune. Andres Lombana-Bermudez -- Creative and Participatory Responses to Disinformation: The Case of the Bees 🐝 in the 2018 Colombian Presidential Elections <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/the-case-of-the-bees/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/the-case-of-the-bees/> Recounting the case of the bees during the 2018 Columbian Presidential Election, Andres Lombana-Bermudez shows how digital participatory culture can effectively debunk disinformation. Eleanor Patterson -- Ugly Crying, *This is Us* and the Discursive Construct of Emotional Excess <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/this-is-us-emotional-excess/> <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/04/this-is-us-emotional-excess/> Eleanor Patterson analyzes how the emotional excess of* This is Us* connects it to historically feminized theorizations of mass culture and melodrama. *Flow* <http://flowjournal.org/> is a critical forum on television and media culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film <https://rtf.utexas.edu/> at the University of Texas at Austin. *Flow*'s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media. -- *MAGGIE STEINHAUER & NATHAN ROSSI* Managing Editors, Flow: A Critical Forum on Media and Culture <http://www.flowjournal.org/> Dept. of Radio-Television-Film | Moody College of Communication | The University of Texas at Austin @FlowTV <https://twitter.com/FlowTV> ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]