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Author Archives: kunzelman
You Buy It I Play It: One Finger Death Punch
One Finger Death Punch is a weird little game that I ended up enjoying a lot more than I thought I would, and this video is all about explaining the enjoyment I get out of it.
Posted in Video, Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged gaming, one finger death punch, video, you buy it i play it
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You Buy It, I Play It: New Rules!
You might remember the standing offer that I have had going for a few years: if you buy a game for me on Steam, I will play it for at least an hour and then write something about it. You … Continue reading
Posted in You Buy It I Write It
Tagged gaming, steam, video games, you buy it i play it, you buy it I write it
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I write about baseball
I write an article called “Sportsman of the Year” for Paste, and I recently played MLB 15: The Show and wrote about it. Read it here.
Posted in Video Games
Tagged baseball, mlb the show 15, paste magazine
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Let’s Play Rollercoaster Tycoon – Forest Frontiers
I sat down over a few nights last week and destressed by playing through a large chunk of Rollercoaster Tycoon, and it’s been a really great experience. The first level, Forest Frontiers, was a real doozy since I haven’t played this … Continue reading
Posted in Video, Video Games
Tagged chris crawford, let's play, rollercoaster tycoon, tycoon game, video
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TCiW Gift Guide 2015 – Books
It’s the time of year when you’re panicking because you haven’t gotten a gift for that special someone in your life, and I’m here to tell you about five different books that you can buy for someone to make them … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Buyer's Guide 2013
Tagged 2015, gift guide, heroines, ian bogost, kate zambreno, stephen king
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You Buy It, I Play It: Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
I’m making a solid effort at trying to work through the backlog I have of You Buy It, I Play It games, and this one is a real funtimes experience. Marlow Briggs is a weird mashup of something like exploitation cinema and … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged gaming, god of war, marlow briggs and the mask of death, video games
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On Chloe Howl – “Rumour”
1. “Rumour” is predicated on Chlöe Howl’s gaze returning back to us. I don’t mean this in a familiar register — this isn’t warmed over Laura Mulvey with a reflective moment stapled on. There might be fertile fields here to understand … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Music, Theory, Video
Tagged chloe howl, criticism, rumour, theory
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Review: Halo 5 at Paste
The things that are different are merely parasitical developments from other massive first-person shooter games of the contemporary period. You can do some boosting, which feels much likeAdvanced Warfare’s exo suit boosting. You can jump and climb onto something, which … Continue reading
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Tagged halo, halo 5: guardians, paste magazine, review, videogames
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On Bruns’ On Ceasing To Be Human
I recently finished Gerald Bruns’ On Ceasing To Be Human, and I just wanted to jot down a few notes about it. I’m going to put those notes here because why not?! 1. Ceasing is a wonderful summation of a particular strain of … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged gerald bruns, nonhumans, on ceasing to be human, theory, video games
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this cage is worms 