Category Archives: Video Games

Released: Alpaca Run

Posted on 05/21/2013 by

I’ve released a new game called Alpaca Run. Go play it! A month or so ago Samantha Allen and I went to Johnson City, TN to participate in a panel on sexism and gaming. On the way home, Samantha explained … Continue reading →

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On The Max Payne Franchise

Posted on 05/14/2013 by

I’m in that weird interstitial period between semesters, and I have somehow managed to keep deadlines at bay enough to do something that I’ve wanted to do since last November: play all of the Max Payne games back-to-back-to-back. What follows is a … Continue reading →

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On Red Dead Redemption

Posted on 05/10/2013 by

1. I’m not good at analyzing Rockstar games. I’m not good at breaking them down and showing all of the pieces, holding each one up to my eye, judging it good or bad, and then parsing it all into a … Continue reading →

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Playing Through the No Interaction Mixtape

Posted on 05/08/2013 by

In light of all the game formalist whatever nonsense that has been flying around the video game internet recently, Line Hollis made another fabulous mixtape. It is called the No Interaction Mixtape, and I encourage you to go look at … Continue reading →

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I Am In The New Five Out of Ten

Posted on 05/01/2013 by

The newest Five Out of Ten Magazine is out today. Edited by Alan Williamson, Five Out of Ten is a magazine of video game criticism written for a general audience of people who, you know, care about that thing. Important … Continue reading →

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You Buy It I Write It: Rogue Warrior

Posted on 04/29/2013 by

Is there a game you think I should write about? If you purchase a game for me on Steam, I will play it. Check out the information here. You can check out other games I have played against my will here. Rogue … Continue reading →

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On Loss of First Person Control

Posted on 04/24/2013 by

This is just a quick thing because I’m not sure what I really have to to say about this. I’ve been playing Mirror’s Edge in very small chunks recently. I’m generally a marathon player–I will take a Saturday and power … Continue reading →

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Released: Slavoj Žižek Makes A Twine Game

Posted on 04/23/2013 by

If you care about nothing else, I have a new game. You can play it here. Ian Bogost once made a tweet that looked like this: I would like to commission someone to make a Twine game called "Žižek Makes … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Thoughts on The Knife of Dunwall

Posted on 04/18/2013 by

I’ve played through roughly half of the first “stage” or “chapter” or “section” or whatever the hell it is called in the new DLC for Dishonored called ”The Knife of Dunwall“. My main interest in this DLC stems from the fact that it … Continue reading →

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On Monster Loves You!

Posted on 04/11/2013 by

My taste in games has altered over the past few months. I am less and less willing to put thirty hours, much less forty, sixty, or eighty, into a game. Although I spent last year playing some long games (most … Continue reading →

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