Ben "Jammin'" Verschoor
@benverschoor.bsky.social
Professional Dilettante. Pretends to release things under Pyrexia Productions. Co-host of the Mise en Screen podcast. Writes film and other media criticism at
http://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
http://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
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"I disapprove of you destroying the country, but I will defend to the death your ability to do it" ~ Voltaire, probably
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We're lucky to have the Saturn version so excellently translated (MSX2 Snatcher translation is real rough), but it's a pity non-Japanese speakers will probably never get the original PC-98 version of Policenauts, which has fantastic pixel art at a higher resolution than the subsequent cel animation
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We're lucky to have the Saturn version so excellently translated (MSX2 Snatcher translation is real rough), but it's a pity non-Japanese speakers will probably never get the original PC-98 version of Policenauts, which has fantastic pixel art at a higher resolution than the subsequent cel animation
*rubs chin in Freudian*
still waiting for intelligent longform cultural criticism with psychomarxist explanation of the "everything is butthole" logorrhea in the AI space
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
*rubs chin in Freudian*
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If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
Pete Hegseth And Adm. Mitch Bradley Belong In Prison
The South American boat strikes are plainly murders. Now we have the names of the murderers. Do we have the political will to lock them up?
www.forever-wars.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
Caught this on TCM just now. We used to spend vast resources building giant structures in order to blow them up, now we just pour drinking water on ones and zeroes.
Silver Streak 1976 Train crash scene
YouTube video by Movie clips channel
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Caught this on TCM just now. We used to spend vast resources building giant structures in order to blow them up, now we just pour drinking water on ones and zeroes.
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
What Liberals Can Learn from Charlie Kirk
Over the last few days, if you’re active on political media, you have probably seen references to the “controversy” over a student’s failing grade on an essay at Oklahoma Un…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I wrote much of this several months ago, about Ezra Klein's response to the Kirk assassination, and then never ended up publishing it, but I think this UO "controversy" is a such a perfect example of how TPUSA et al actually advance conservative power that I decided to revive and rewrite it.
I was just the other day reading about Keith Haring and thinking about how so many art scenes were decimated by AIDS.
Today is World AIDS Day.
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
“An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988.
#WAD2025
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I was just the other day reading about Keith Haring and thinking about how so many art scenes were decimated by AIDS.
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Been working for a while on my Policenauts write-up, and it's finally done! Everything you would want to know about the only Hideo Kojima game never to get an official localization, and the development of his cinematic approach just before Metal Gear Solid blew up
Policenauts: The Future is Unwritten
"Consider how determined space is to keep us out."
cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Been working for a while on my Policenauts write-up, and it's finally done! Everything you would want to know about the only Hideo Kojima game never to get an official localization, and the development of his cinematic approach just before Metal Gear Solid blew up
Been working for a while on my Policenauts write-up, and it's finally done! Everything you would want to know about the only Hideo Kojima game never to get an official localization, and the development of his cinematic approach just before Metal Gear Solid blew up
Policenauts: The Future is Unwritten
"Consider how determined space is to keep us out."
cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Been working for a while on my Policenauts write-up, and it's finally done! Everything you would want to know about the only Hideo Kojima game never to get an official localization, and the development of his cinematic approach just before Metal Gear Solid blew up
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Shame on me for falling for this, I guess, but this combination of misleading UI, a TOS that offers no refunds, and no real customer service to speak of, should be illegal. Screengrabs of my attempt to get my money back and then to speak to an actual person below, but tl;dr: fuck QR Code Generator.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Shame on me for falling for this, I guess, but this combination of misleading UI, a TOS that offers no refunds, and no real customer service to speak of, should be illegal. Screengrabs of my attempt to get my money back and then to speak to an actual person below, but tl;dr: fuck QR Code Generator.
Shame on me for falling for this, I guess, but this combination of misleading UI, a TOS that offers no refunds, and no real customer service to speak of, should be illegal. Screengrabs of my attempt to get my money back and then to speak to an actual person below, but tl;dr: fuck QR Code Generator.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Shame on me for falling for this, I guess, but this combination of misleading UI, a TOS that offers no refunds, and no real customer service to speak of, should be illegal. Screengrabs of my attempt to get my money back and then to speak to an actual person below, but tl;dr: fuck QR Code Generator.
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and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
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You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
One of my favorite theater experiences ever was Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre in London. A Soviet dissident is put in an insane asylum with a cell mate who believes he is conducting an orchestra--which is onstage, playing music composed for the play. 1/?
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
One of my favorite theater experiences ever was Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre in London. A Soviet dissident is put in an insane asylum with a cell mate who believes he is conducting an orchestra--which is onstage, playing music composed for the play. 1/?
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
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It is happening again.
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is happening again.
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Discussed within is Mamoru
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
Turkeys are basically angels, so there is no better movie for me and @number8axel.bsky.social and I to dig into on Thanksgiving than Angel's Egg
Mise en Screen: Episode 20: Angel's Egg
Angel’s Egg is a 1985 Japanese animated OVA film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, best known for his work directing the animated film Ghost in the Shell in 1995. This film follows two nameless ch...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Discussed within is Mamoru
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
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I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
It is happening again.
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is happening again.
We called this drink a Suicide
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We called this drink a Suicide
Turkeys are basically angels, so there is no better movie for me and @number8axel.bsky.social and I to dig into on Thanksgiving than Angel's Egg
Mise en Screen: Episode 20: Angel's Egg
Angel’s Egg is a 1985 Japanese animated OVA film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, best known for his work directing the animated film Ghost in the Shell in 1995. This film follows two nameless ch...
miseenscreen.libsyn.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Turkeys are basically angels, so there is no better movie for me and @number8axel.bsky.social and I to dig into on Thanksgiving than Angel's Egg
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I have a half-baked hot take that collective action has become a lot harder as more of our lives have been given over to platforms. 'Frictionless' experiences plus human tendency to favor the path of least resistance equals impulsive behavior at scale. 1/4
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I have a half-baked hot take that collective action has become a lot harder as more of our lives have been given over to platforms. 'Frictionless' experiences plus human tendency to favor the path of least resistance equals impulsive behavior at scale. 1/4
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Watched Erin Brockovich and Matewan for the first time and now feel ready to fight bastards
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Watched Erin Brockovich and Matewan for the first time and now feel ready to fight bastards