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Clayton Purdom

Shaker Heights
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writer of extremely specific renown // making EX Research // i love to chat: crpurdom at gmail dot com also @claytonpurdom.bsky.social

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I write about pop culture and the internet. I am particularly open to pitches about either of my two cats.

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Following Dril, the Twitter account at the end of the world

Following Dril, the Twitter account at the end of the world

On the internet, where nobody agrees about anything, everybody seems to agree about Dril. We associate Dril w…

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God Of War is a great game about terrible dads

God Of War is a great game about terrible dads

Here's what happens when you become a dad: You start to relate to other dads. That's it. There's no epiphany,…

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Ye won't change your mind on Kanye

Ye won't change your mind on Kanye

In a way, Ye is what everyone wanted. The word "Trump" appears nowhere on the album. Kanye only acknowledges …

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Ghostface, Supreme Clientele

Ghostface, Supreme Clientele

Sprawling, extremely "old internet" blurb about Supreme Clientele.

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200 words about One Battle After Another

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By Clayton Purdom
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They say you’re supposed to grow more conservative as you get older, that parenting turns you safe and boring. Here is one of our greatest living filmmakers offering a strident rebuttal.
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198 words about The Materialists

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By Clayton Purdom
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Credit A24’s marketing for making me expect a sparkling comedy of manners in the vein of Whit Stillman or (sorry) Woody Allen when instead what The Materialists offers is an incredibly dour and never funny showcase of bad people at their worst. It’s all very New York, and not in the good way. I liked Celine Song’s debut feature Past Lives quite a bit, and I wonder if the difference here is one of performance or writing or both.
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200 words about Donkey Kong Bananza

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By Clayton Purdom
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There is an idea of “game feel” — the specific way that mechanics, animation, sound, and the tactile experience of holding a controller intersect. It is unique to the medium of games, an area of serious, ongoing inquiry. I believe that Donkey Kong Bananza is an irresponsible exploration of this concept and should not have been released to the public. You begin in a cavern full of punchable rocks, and so you punch. This is good, your brain thinks. Gold nuggets geyser out of the rocks.
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