Tag Archives: michel foucault

Bob Plant on Foucault on Sadomasochism

Posted on 03/04/2013 by

Let me be clear, I am not suggesting that S&M necessarily involves malice (or that its practitioners naturally harbor some ‘deep violence’), but rather that the possibility of such non-strategic eventualities has a productive function here. That a specific game could degenerate … Continue reading →

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Halberstam on disciplinarity

Posted on 01/16/2013 by

Indeed terms like serious and rigorous tend to be code words, in academia as well as other contexts, for disciplinary correctness; they signal a form of training and learning that confirms what is already known according to approved methods of knowing, but they do … Continue reading →

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Lots of People Are Liking “Oh No”

Posted on 01/11/2013 by

So Oh No, my game about escaping Michel Foucault, has been enjoyed by quite a few people. First there was this Metafilter thread. Then there was this Paris Review blog post. It led me to a lot of people tweeting about … Continue reading →

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Released: Oh No

Posted on 01/08/2013 by

I made a new game called Oh No. Go play it. So last night I was trying to implement a new combat system in RPG Maker VX ACE (which is literally hell to do). My idea is to make a JRPG where there … Continue reading →

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