criticism is cruelty

refusal to engage with the fact that part of what makes critique enjoyable is the cruelty and power embedded in it i think convinces some people that what they do is an unalloyed social behaviour. that they in fact do not get off on the experience of judgement. i believe that criticism is good, entertaining, […]

portal runner: beauty in abject reflection.

there is something very special and precious to me about certain objects. PlayStation 2 platformers of an excessive jank and sparseness. usually European. in my collection i’ve now completed three over a series of about 7 years. they are Evil Twin: Cyprien’s Chronicles, Gift, and now Portal Runner. Portal Runner is a game about Toys, […]

relief spine

new product available

Sex: The Play

a play for British Audiences.

Daydream Apocalypse

I have a can of Diet Coke. It’s not a purchase I am happy with, on ethical grounds. I’ve been talking a lot about the importance of boycotting America. Especially those companies targeted by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in support of Palestinians. Coca Cola is the target of an organic boycott supported by […]

5 years of being correct and perfect

in 2020 i started writing about games on this blog, it was about experimental critique. i got some minor traction from some minor figures in a trillion dollar industry and wrote some stuff about how popular indie games are bad that is still my most read stuff. this was due to having a twitter presence […]

there was in my time a cold and hard acre

concrete over concrete over cardboard over sand. in the cradled hands of the soldier lies the last thing. it is writhing, trying to find air. water. all things it hasn’t ever known. not once. the shadow made by the town hall covers over the place where it happens. it stretches as the day does. out […]

if i was a baby in the world

i would smoke 5000 cigarettes a day for a billion days and i would shoot my gun through the hat of anyone who gives me shit if i was a newborn crying baby with tears on my ridiculous face i would ask them where is The Tobacco and MY GUN because if i was a […]

metro. sexual.

sex and violence in 2013’s metro: last light

what did you think of the one about the thing.

did you like the meal? yes, no, that’s important stuff. my mind was the whole time thinking about how there’s a hair in my food