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Monthly Archives: September 2015
liz ryerson on leaving games
the thing i love about game culture is so many people try and preserve what creations were left behind by a ruthless, brutal market and bringing it back to the forefront in a passionate, sincere way. that’s the best of … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged criticism, liz ryerson, video games
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On One With Nature
It’s a small game that makes a small argument, if there’s even an argument at all, but it’s beautifully constructed. It lures you in with the promise that there is always going to be something deeper, but eventually there isn’t. One … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged nonhumans, one with nature, video games
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Playing Defense in the Battle for Zendikar
The newest Magic the Gathering set, Battle for Zendikar, will go into prerelease this weekend. What that means, if you aren’t in the know, is that people will be able to go to events and play with the cards of the … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged battle for zendikar, magic the gathering, video games, zendikar
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Taussig on Calling from Two Sides
Months later at night, drinking the strong medicine which makes your head swim, singing the while in ebbs and flows of pictures, the topic of these kids came up. I strongly doubt that the healer and I would have talked … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged death, georges bataille, michael taussig, satanas, theory
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Wark on Manovich
The genius of Alan Kay was to realize that the barriers to entry of the computer into culture were not just computational but also cultural. Computers had to do things that people wanted to do, and in ways that they … Continue reading
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Tagged lev manovich, mckenzie wark, new media, theory
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Adam Kotsko’s Radical Materialism
[T]his post, itself, is the most radical materialism possible. Keep these words that I am blogging to you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are … Continue reading
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Syndicate video – part 1
Danni and I played a little bit of Syndicate. The game often feels as if I am piloting a giant stick of butter.
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Tagged syndicate, video, video games
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