Category Archives: General Features

On Minecraft

Posted on 01/06/2011 by kunzelman

(click images to make them screen-sized, forgive my toolbar) I am smitten with Minecraft. I can’t stop playing it. I am addicted in a way that feels good—like people are “addicted” to watching sports. You just want to do it, … Continue reading →

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The End of Proust

Posted on 12/09/2010 by kunzelman

The body immures the mind within a fortress; presently on all sides the fortress is beseiged and in the end, inevitably, the mind has to surrender. – Proust, Time Regained p. 512 There’s something bitter about an ending. I’ve had … Continue reading →

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Proust and Jackass 3D

Posted on 10/18/2010 by kunzelman

It’s probably better to have In Search of Lost Time up there, but we’re talking to Eternity here, so I can do what I want when I want–this is Proust, after all. And why the hell would I start a … Continue reading →

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On The Blair Witch Project

Posted on 08/29/2010 by kunzelman

The Blair Witch Project came out in 1999. It affected me heavily then, when I was nine years old, and it still does now. I know that because I just watched it again in glorious high definition. I hear a … Continue reading →

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On Planetary

Posted on 07/24/2010 by kunzelman

Planetary is the greatest work of comic literature ever produced. That might not be true, but I do believe that it’s at least in the top five. There’s something visceral about it that I can’t really wrap my head around. … Continue reading →

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