Monthly Archives: September 2015

liz ryerson on leaving games

Posted on 09/30/2015 by kunzelman

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 →

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On One With Nature

Posted on 09/28/2015 by kunzelman

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 →

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Playing Defense in the Battle for Zendikar

Posted on 09/23/2015 by kunzelman

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 →

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Taussig on Calling from Two Sides

Posted on 09/22/2015 by kunzelman

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 →

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Wark on Manovich

Posted on 09/16/2015 by kunzelman

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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Adam Kotsko’s Radical Materialism

Posted on 09/08/2015 by kunzelman

[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

Posted on 09/01/2015 by kunzelman

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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