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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
Mages and Murderdads – Episode 4
Posted in mages and murderdads, Video Games
Tagged baldur's gate, mages and murderdads, podcast
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
Posted in General Features
Tagged donald trump, editing, media, the art of the deal
Mages and Murderdads – Episodes 2 and 3
I just realized that I forgot to post these here! Mages and Murderdads is our biweekly podcast where we play through the Baldur’s Gate game series. Episode 2 sees us doing a bunch of sidequests, and Episode 3 is all about the Nashkel Mines. … Continue reading
Posted in mages and murderdads, Video Games
Tagged baldur's gate, funny podcast, mages and murderdads, nashkel mines, podcast
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
Posted in Video Games
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
Posted in Film
Tagged evil dead, evil dead 2013, film, horror
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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