Into philosophy but not computer games? Then you probably missed Ayn Rand’s objectivism in BioShock (where the villain builds an undersea city out of the reach of government).

to truck and higgle for a private good

I think that goth could flower in nerdcore's embrace. I converted Edward Gorey's lettering into a typeface, befriended vampires on LJ and MySpace, even put that spooky echo filter on the bass […]

Slamming the front door, he then gets into his Volvo and drives to Blandview's brothels in view of sleep-fucking unwilling females.