Patrick Fiorilli
@patfio.bsky.social
writer, critic, & theorist; games & literature; bylines in the LA Review of Books, Gamers with Glasses, Bright Wall/Dark Room; lecturer in media arts & design at the University of Chicago; he/him; read my newsletter, "Critical Theorycraft," at www.patf.io
Pynchonesque Halloween ft. player-two palette-swapped Bob Ferguson and an alligator from V. -- listen to our podcast! pynchonpals.com @pynchonpals.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Pynchonesque Halloween ft. player-two palette-swapped Bob Ferguson and an alligator from V. -- listen to our podcast! pynchonpals.com @pynchonpals.bsky.social
And, given today's sad news, RIP to the great Drew Struzan, whose work is as inseparable from the visual language of Star Wars as anyone's.
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
And, given today's sad news, RIP to the great Drew Struzan, whose work is as inseparable from the visual language of Star Wars as anyone's.
New post about Red Rooms and We're All Going to the World's Fair. Two movies about the abyss of the Internet and, oddly enough, the balding weirdo on the other side of the screen. www.patf.io/into-the-scr...
September 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New post about Red Rooms and We're All Going to the World's Fair. Two movies about the abyss of the Internet and, oddly enough, the balding weirdo on the other side of the screen. www.patf.io/into-the-scr...
A proper intro for new followers! I'm Patrick, I have a PhD in Digital Media, I teach media and critical theory, and I'm working on a book about how video games are made of language. I'm on the job market and very open to freelance gigs: games, experimental/speculative fiction, digital culture, etc!
November 24, 2024 at 6:30 PM
A proper intro for new followers! I'm Patrick, I have a PhD in Digital Media, I teach media and critical theory, and I'm working on a book about how video games are made of language. I'm on the job market and very open to freelance gigs: games, experimental/speculative fiction, digital culture, etc!
finally finished NIGHTWOOD, Djuna Barnes (1936) -- a brilliantly thorny thicket of a book
November 22, 2024 at 9:12 PM
finally finished NIGHTWOOD, Djuna Barnes (1936) -- a brilliantly thorny thicket of a book
290 million years of teasing silksong
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
290 million years of teasing silksong
top tier haul from an impromptu stop at the used bookstore today
September 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
top tier haul from an impromptu stop at the used bookstore today
wrapped the first iteration of my class on "American Gothic Video Games" yesterday ft. KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO (pictured), NIGHT IN THE WOODS, and NORCO alongside Butler, O'Connor, Jackson, Lovecraft, Poe, and more -- an immensely rewarding teaching experience
May 30, 2024 at 3:35 PM
wrapped the first iteration of my class on "American Gothic Video Games" yesterday ft. KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO (pictured), NIGHT IN THE WOODS, and NORCO alongside Butler, O'Connor, Jackson, Lovecraft, Poe, and more -- an immensely rewarding teaching experience
great mysticism haul from the used books section today
November 5, 2023 at 9:30 PM
great mysticism haul from the used books section today
6 o clock time to watch twilight on my phone
October 25, 2023 at 11:05 PM
6 o clock time to watch twilight on my phone
stop making sense is a neo-noir and Jordan Cronenweth's cinematography proves it
October 5, 2023 at 3:10 AM
stop making sense is a neo-noir and Jordan Cronenweth's cinematography proves it
posting on bluesky from here
September 25, 2023 at 5:35 PM
posting on bluesky from here