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Monthly Archives: October 2012
On Digestate: A Food & Eating Themed Anthology
I think that Digestate was the first thing that I kickstarted. As you may know, I think the very idea of kickstarter in the field of videogames is kind of a hole in the ground. It preys on nostalgia and it has … Continue reading
On Dishonored
Weirdly, I don’t have a lot to say about Dishonored, positive or negative. My initial impressions were profoundly bad, but everything after the second mission or so was so heavily focused around being the most vanilla experience ever that I … Continue reading
Posted in General Features, Video Games
Tagged animals, dishonored, ethics, james stanescu, video games
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Designing Horror: Nyctophobia
This post is part of the Designing Horror series. Game: Nyctophobia by Nik Sudan Nyctophobia is a game where you play the saddest British man on the planet. You are a security guard, working your working day, and goddamn if the power doesn’t go … Continue reading
You Know What I Hate? Nostalgia
This is the first of (probably) a series of posts where I take the exact opposite position than that of Brendan Keogh in his “You Know What I Love?” articles for games.on.net. In reality, this will probably be the only … Continue reading
Daniel Maier-Katkin on Eichmann
The judgment of the court in Jerusalem was that Eichmann had “closed his ears to conscience,” but Arendt did not think this was the case; it was not that Eichmann did not hear the call of conscience, but that his … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time
Tagged evil, hannah arendt, martin heidegger, philosophy, quote
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A Game I Made: Goblin Story
I hate artist statements. This guy up here is an old goblin. He has a story, but it might not be the story that you think it is. I made a game called Goblin Story, and it is about a goblin. … Continue reading
Designing Horror: Metro 2033
This post is part of the Designing Horror series. Game: Metro 2033 No one told me that this game was actually good when it came out, so when I picked it up for $5 on a Steam sale whim, I … Continue reading
Posted in Designing Horror, Theory, Video Games
Tagged hauntology, horror, materialism, metro 2033, video games
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On Richard Skelton
Richard Skelton haunts me. Sometimes I will be in the shower and I will just be doing the shower thing and a surge of string will come to my mind. I’ll hum for a little while. Or I will be … Continue reading
