Tag Archives: anna anthropy

Or, What Is It Like To Be A Thing?

Posted on 09/06/2012 by

I MADE A GAME SO PLAY IT.  I often go on and on about people who study games and write about games having a kind of obligation to understand how games are made and be familiar with the materiality of … Continue reading →

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On Dys4ia and Lim

Posted on 09/05/2012 by

Anna Anthropy’s Dys4ia and Merritt Kopas’ Lim are the two best games that I have played in the past year. Of course, in the land of video game words, what does that mean? Is it the best game I have played in … Continue reading →

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On the Crunch

Posted on 07/30/2012 by

This is a short thing because I am not feeling well. This article has been making the rounds the past couple days. In it, Sean Murray talks about the beauty of the crunch and how it is a wildly creative … Continue reading →

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On Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

Posted on 04/11/2012 by

I finally got around to reading Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters over the past week. I liked the book. That should come as no surprise. I have written extensively about the power that video games have to erode our … Continue reading →

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