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Author Archives: kunzelman
Far Cry Primal Essay at Paste
When we write about the past we’re always writing about the present. That writing can take a personal tone, showing how a person got to the place that they are through the person that they’ve been. Ben Carson stabs a … Continue reading
On Firewatch (2016)
1. When I finally, after weeks of not being able to get to it, launched Firewatch, I was struck by how beautiful it was. One hundred and fifty Ubisoft hands can’t make a European capital city, with its iconographic shortcuts to … Continue reading
Let’s Play Cities: Skylines – Friendship Village
I recently finished my first series of videos about Cities: Skylines. I built a really great place called Friendship Village, and I took it from turnpike to minor berg. It’s a fun little series of videos, and I hope that you like … Continue reading
Posted in Video, Video Games
Tagged chill let's play, cities skylines, friendship village, let's play
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You Buy It, I Play It: One Way Heroics
One Way Heroics holds two things in tension: progress and annihilation. That’s not surprising given that the game exists somewhere within the family resemblance of the roguelike genre. Procedural generation of terrain, item drops, and enemies sets the boundaries for the … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged one way heroics, pc game, roguelike, video games
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Trilogy Thinking and “Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea”
This is part of my March post over at my Patreon. Cmrn Knzlmn Presents Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is the finale of my trilogy of “water games” of On August 11 . . . and 2015: A Year in … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged a game i made, ernest hemingway, gaming, patreon, video games
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On Nightcrawler (2014)
My friend John talked up Nightcrawler to me pretty much nonstop through 2015, so I felt like it was my obligation to eventually make my way to seeing the movie, and I wasn’t disappointed. While he has a pretty specific way of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Theory
Tagged adam kotsko, capitalism, nightcrawler, why we love sociopaths
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Released: CMRN KNZLMN Presents Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
I have made a new, silly little game called CMRN KNZLMN Presents Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. You can play it by clicking the link or the picture above. Please share it with friends, family, and everyone … Continue reading
Posted in A Game I Made, Video Games
Tagged ernest hemingway, i made this, video games
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Meryl Alper on Citations and Elision
One could go deeper, reading Kaplan and Schulte’s work side-by-side. For example, Kaplan writes that in 1983, “The first laptop computers had barely hit the market; public Internet providers wouldn’t exist for another few years. Yet [national security decision directive] … Continue reading
Emily Short on the almost-remake of Galatea
Doing the conversion was a strange project. For one thing, I myself have a kind of weird love-hate relationship with Galatea at this point — a lot of people love the piece, but it’s pretty much the first thing I wrote that … Continue reading
Posted in General Features
Tagged emily short, galatea, interactive fiction, video games
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The Walking Dead: Michonne review at Paste
The Walking Dead: Michonne gives up all of the unique and interesting parts of the The Walking Dead adventure games in order to appeal to the television crowd, and it makes me sad. The formula is slightly different from top … Continue reading
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Tagged paste magazine, review, the walking dead: michonne
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