Cinema Purgatorio

Sep

04

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake: Revisionist History

"Once you've awakened the warrior within... it never sleeps again."

Sep 4, 2025

12 min read

Aug

22

Anton Ego from Ratatouille, at his typewriter with a glass of wine, like a boss.

The Critical Condition

Towards a sustainable cultural ecosystem

Aug 22, 2025

13 min read

Jul

24

Snatcher: Tech Voir

This newsletter is dedicated to all those cyberpunks who fight against injustice and corruption every day of their lives.

Jul 24, 2025

13 min read

Jul

21

Podcast News

An exciting development in the movie-loving world.

Jul 21, 2025

1 min read

Jun

28

The famous, dimly lit bar, with sundry aliens being served.

Rebels and Hackers and Queers, Oh My!

You'll never find a more bitchin' dive of scum and villainy.

Jun 28, 2025

10 min read

Jun

01

A film reel collage of Hideo Kojima, Kurt Russell as Snake Pliskin, and Venom Snake/Big Boss. Title: Direct to Hideo. Subtitle: Film and Folly in the Games of Hideo Kojima.

Metal Gear: Solid Start

OPERATION EXTRUDE N313. PENETRATE THE PLAYER'S OUTER HEAVEN AND CEREATE THE ULTIMATE PLAYTHING METAL GEAR!

Jun 1, 2025

11 min read

May

27

Tom Cruise, wearing a thick diving helmet, with red lights reflecting off the glass.

The Misinformation Age

You should choose not to accept it.

May 27, 2025

8 min read

May

19

A blocky, green-skinned, child grimaces atop a similarly blocky chicken within a boxing ring, rendered in extreme detail.

Game Overload

"Welcome to Steve's World"

May 19, 2025

13 min read

Apr

28

Lit by candles in an otherwise pitch-dark space, five people sit at a sleek dining table lit by candlelight.

Sex and Death in the Second City

"Things are getting weird."

Apr 28, 2025

9 min read

Apr

08

Seven fuck-ugly CGI dwarfs look shocked and terrified, with Dopey pointing directly at the camera.

Snow White and the Seven Adaptations

The foul and fairest of them all.

Apr 8, 2025

18 min read