I have so much fun stuff going on and I need your help! Please read through and share what you can. Thank you so much, valued friends and readers.
What I’m making
I have a live event I’m throwing with my pal Molly McAleer on Saturday, March 30, and I’m really excited (and scared). I’m comfortable on stage, but you just never know who’s going to buy tickets. So please buy tickets if you live anywhere near Los Angeles.
I’ll also have these fun new shirts available for purchase. I’ll be giving some away to select Meet and Greet ticket holders!
What I’m watching
I ended up buying the Angel trilogy from Vinegar Syndrome last week and those movies are incredibly fun, incredibly weird, incredibly ’80s and surprisingly well done. The basic premise is a young woman’s parents leave her alone in LA to fend for herself. In the first film, Angel (1984), she helps take down a serial killer with her fellow sex workers and costumed street performers. In the second movie, Avenging Angel (1985), she takes down an organized crime operation that’s trying to gentrify the area around the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And the third movie, Angel 3: The Final Chapter (1988), has our hero attempting to find her long-lost sister who’s stuck in a dangerous ring of drug running that’s masquerading as high-end art dealing.
What I’m playing
The past couple months you’ve heard how I’m making my way through the tactical espionage series Metal Gear on Twitch. I’m playing these games in chronological order, which is wildly different than their release order.
In Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, players follow the journey of Venom Snake, also known as Big Boss’ body double, as he seeks revenge against those who destroyed his mercenary group and left him for dead. Snake builds up his own private army, Diamond Dogs, to take on Cipher, a shadowy organization bent on global domination. Along the way, Snake uncovers the truth behind his own identity, and the possibility that there could be true clones of the Big Boss out there… somewhere.
If you would like the backstory from the games prior to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, please take a look at my newsletters from January 13, 2024 and January 27, 2024.
Click the button below to view my progress live or see any videos previously recorded during my espionage journey.
Metal Gear - 1995 [Currently Playing]
Up next:
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - 1999 [MSX2]
Metal Gear Solid - 2005 [Playstation]
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - 2007/2009 [Playstation 2]
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 2014 [Playstation 3]
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - 2018 [Playstation 3]
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