Author Archives: kunzelman

On Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Posted on 03/14/2012 by kunzelman

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION I am late to the party with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. If you want to read a comprehensive review of the game, I suggest this RPS article. I echo most of their sentiments about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Tagged deus ex: human revolution, feminism, player, theory, video games | 4 Comments

On Mass Effect 3

Posted on 03/13/2012 by kunzelman

THIS POST CONTAINS GREAT BIG SPOILERS FOR MASS EFFECT 3. IF YOU DON’T WANT THE GAME SPOILED FOR YOU, DON’T READ THE NEXT BIT. MOVE ALONG. So everyone in the world is angry about Mass Effect 3. There are a number … Continue reading →

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On Any Empire

Posted on 03/12/2012 by kunzelman

This is really just a short post to talk about how beautiful Nate Powell’s Any Empire is. I don’t want to ruin the story for you, so I won’t try to review or summarize any of the plot–it’s an affective text … Continue reading →

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On The Authority

Posted on 03/08/2012 by kunzelman

If you’re up on the Twitter wire, you might know that sometime last week, in a fit of strange nostalgia, I read Ellis/Hitch issues of The Authority. A little bit of confessional bio for a second: The Authority is the first “run” … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics | Tagged bryan hitch, comic books, jean baudrillard, the authority, warren ellis | 5 Comments

On Dear Esther (again)

Posted on 02/27/2012 by kunzelman

I played through Dear Esther again. In my initial post, I made some assumptions and arguments about the storyline that was going on in the game. I have to tell you right now, at the top of this post, that I was … Continue reading →

Posted in General Features, Video Games | Tagged dear esther, meaning, theory, video games | 16 Comments

Station 37

Posted on 02/21/2012 by kunzelman

This will be quick: play this game. The game is Station 37, a game made through some kind of weekend jam thing in Canadaland. It is old-school stuff, but the design is impeccable, and it has some really cool firefighting … Continue reading →

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On Dear Esther

Posted on 02/20/2012 by kunzelman

THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR DEAR ESTHER IN THIS POST. (This is me from the future. I have made another post about this game, and I basically changed everything I thought in point #1 below. Check it out.) As faithful readers will … Continue reading →

Posted in General Features, Video Games | Tagged affect, dear esther, non-game, open world, video games | 5 Comments

Macke Interview at Figure/Ground

Posted on 02/16/2012 by kunzelman

This is really just a quick thing, but a prof/mentor/friend of mine, Dr. Frank Macke, has been interviewed by Figure/Ground about a lot of different things. I think that the things he has to say about his formulation of communicology is … Continue reading →

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My Niko Bellic

Posted on 02/02/2012 by kunzelman

These are five moments that my Niko Bellic experienced in GTA IV. 1. Niko Bellic walks out of the hospital. He touches his ribs. The giant green cross mounted on the side of the building gives everything sick tint. Liberty … Continue reading →

Posted in General Features | Tagged fiction, Grand theft auto IV | 3 Comments

Some preliminary Dear Esther remarks

Posted on 01/28/2012 by kunzelman

I am excited about Dear Esther coming out next month. It will be a day one purchase for me, and there aren’t a lot of games that hold that kind of weight for me. So this is the trailer for … Continue reading →

Posted in General Features, Video Games | Tagged affect, dear esther, quote, video games | 1 Comment