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foreground: a book resting on a blanketed lap titled “Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons” written by Ben Riggs. background: a person sits cross-legged at a swivel chair before a wooden desk
a woman clicks a mechanical pencil on a computer desk, places it on a notebook, grabs a PS4 controller, then the camera tilts up to show the Steam library page for Ace Combat 7 on her monitor
a camera on a gimbal rigged for portrait/vertical video shooting, sitting on a table in an event space.
a hand holding four zines titled “Hideo Kojima’s Meme Machine: Adapted Video Essay Zine by Maple Moore
maple wearing an olive green flight jumpsuit
a small teacup with an espresso drink, displaying a shoddy pattern in the steamed oat milk
a thumbnail for an upcoming YouTube video with text that reads “Kojima’s Meme Machine.” a silhouette of Metal Gear Rex from Metal Gear Solid sits to the right, while a closeup of an eye with spiked eyeliner sits to the left in the background.
a sunset beach scene. foreground: a cinema camera on a tripod
a white-bordered widescreen photograph of a field in front of an abandoned freight depot, with a minivan parked in the distance
foreground: a camera on a gimbal rig. background: seats and a stage for a hindu wedding.
maple holding a microphone and a gun
shot of maple talking into a microphone on camera with a VHS effect applied
maple wearing a lacy black bralette and flight suit half-worn and tied around her waist
photo of Samantha Carter, a character from the television show Stargate SG-1
a blonde woman in a flight suit holding up a VHS copy of the 1994 film Stargate
two women playing pickleball
a frame from a video of maple in red lighting with a blue backlight, with a degraded VHS effect applied over it
a frame from a video of maple in red lighting
a photo of a zine with the title “Hideo Kojima’s Meme Machine,” and the byline “Adapted Video Essay Zine by Maple Moore”
a thumbnail for a video showing Metal Gear Rex from the game Metal Gear Solid on a red background, with the text "Hideo Kojima's Meme Machine" featured to the bottom left. a lo-fi VHS effect is applied over the whole image.
a hand holding a PS4 controller in the foreground, with a television in the background displaying the title screen for the game Death Stranding
screenshot of a movie review on Letterboxd for the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. the review gives it five stars with the comment “pain.”
a photo of a laptop screen, showing the title of a script that reads “Why Metal Gear Solid is Kojima’s Meme Machine” with subtitle “Video Essay Script (First Draft).” header text below reads “Introduction,” with the following text blanked out.
three people sit on the roof of a bus lit by a street lamp
a letterboxd review from Maple Moore on the 2026 film Project Hail Mary that reads “what if the aliens from 2001: A Space Odyssey weren’t esoteric, incomprehensible godlike entities and instead were a rock you could have a beer with”
a mocha espresso drink in a small cup, with a chocolate drizzle on the foam
a band plays in a dive bar next to a stack of CRT monitors playing video art
a three-piece rock band playing in a dive bar
maple wearing a crop tank and large gray pants w/ a chain
maple in 2023 in a photography studio, wearing a beanie
a screenshot of an order summary showing two stickers, one labeled “NO COPS AT PRIDE” and the other labeled “MAKE OUT IMMEDIATELY” featuring two women kissing
maple holding a follow focus unit while standing behind two monitors, one small and one large, on a film set in a baseball stadium
screenshot from Metal Gear Solid showing Solid Snake leaning against a truss pillar in a hangar, with two tanks in the background.
maple and her brother posing for a photo in front of a grad-themed backdrop
woman wearing a baseball cap and a choker points to a sign that reads “SPEED HUMP THEM”
frame from a comic by dat-soldier of a bunch of men in a control room excitedly cheering while a giant screen in the background reads "MISSION STATUS: SICK"
two women pose for a photo in a bar
maple holds a copy of “The Creative Gene” by Hideo Kojima. she is wearing fishnets too.
a woman manipulating electrical signals from a sprouting potato through several effects filters to produce musical sounds
maple in a dress and makeup taking a mirror selfie
maple pointing at a Crystal Castles arcade machine, with text that reads “Magic hat makes you invincible,” but with the heavily pixelated display, it can be interpreted to read “Magic HRT makes you invincible”
maple’s POV of holding an espresso machine in a goodwill
maple in a punk/grunge outfit taking a mirror selfie
maple in a black bikini
short video of a wedding highlight reel
very young pre-transition maple at age 13 giving a thumbs up with a stern face
maple in a black dress & beret taking a mirror selfie
maple taking a mirror selfie
a vacuum pump siphoning oil from a car's engine
photo of maple wearing a crop tank top, black shorts with a floral pattern, a choker, and headphones
maple in a crop tank and shorts with a flannel worn off shoulder
woman wearing a crop top, shorts, choker, flannel worn off-shoulder, and a bass pro shops hat taking a mirror selfie
sketch of a woman wearing a crop top, shorts, chuck taylors, and a bass pro shops hat holding a drink
still from a video showing Maple Moore, age 17, with short hair and wearing a yellow button up
cartoon sketch of a drooling woman with crooked glasses and frazzled hair
three sketched cartoons of a woman
blonde woman wearing a dress & beret with a jacket draped over her shoulders taking a mirror selfie