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Monthly Archives: July 2016
The Tragedy of The Witcher 2
Spoilers for The Witcher games. I’ve been playing through The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings very slowly over the past few weeks, and during my time playing through the game I am continually struck by how the series sets you up for a long-term … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged assassins of kings, politics, the wild hunt, the witcher, tragedy
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Mages and Murderdads – Episode 4
Posted in mages and murderdads, Video Games
Tagged baldur's gate, mages and murderdads, podcast
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Donald Trump Is Created In Postproduction
the media existence of Trump is based on the "clip" format — Donald Trump is constructed in postproduction https://t.co/dyZIgNXqCa — cmrn knzlmn (@ckunzelman) July 18, 2016 I just wanted to take a minute to expand on this tweet I made … Continue reading
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Tagged donald trump, editing, media, the art of the deal
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On Bloodborne: The Simulation and the Surrogate
I. The lore of the Soulsborne series is generally “solved” a few weeks after the release of the newest games. We end up with a vague consensus, and then there’s just the continual work of augmenting that in order to … Continue reading
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Tagged bloodborne, gaming, great ones, lore, lovecraft, oedon and mergo, video games
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On Evil Dead (2013)
The word of mouth that I heard about the remake / reboot of Evil Dead was that it fundamentally misunderstood the thing that made the Evil Dead trilogy so great in the first place: the comedy. There’s a zaniness to the Raimi original that … Continue reading
You Buy It, I Play It: Lifeless Planet
Lifeless Planet is a beautiful object. It’s graphically “simple” in the contemporary world of both prestige and grungy independent game development. The astronaut you play as is this wonderful almost-lump that can double jump by using his astronaut jet pack (my … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged gaming, lifeless planet, ray bradbury, sparky clarkson, video game
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this cage is worms 