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Category Archives: Video Games
You Can Listen To Me Talk About Horror Games
A few weeks ago Tara Ogaick asked me if I wanted to do some kind of vlog or podcast or whatever about horror games, and after fumbling around for a few weeks we finally arranged schedules to get some words … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged home, horror, lone survivor, podcast, video games
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On The Yahwg
Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll originally made a version of The Yahwg for the first Comics vs. Games. I don’t know what the conversation after that looked like, but I imagine it was something like “you want to make this a little more … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged damian sommer, emily carroll, the yahwg, video games
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I Have Launched A Kickstarter for A Scary Game
You might remember that last year I created a kickstarter where I basically just asked for $200 to make whatever the hell I wanted in game form. I set a release date, made fun of Kickstarter, and went quiet for … Continue reading
Posted in A Game I Made, Video Games
Tagged art, horror, kickstarter, video games, waytooscary
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David P. Gray Interviewed By Classicgames
Despite never having finished the game, I have this weird attraction to Hugo’s House of Horrors that I can’t really explain. Part of it probably has to do with some strange feeling of nostalgia–I had the shareware version on one of those … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged david gray, hugo's house of horror, interview, video games
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Released: Alpaca Run
I’ve released a new game called Alpaca Run. Go play it! A month or so ago Samantha Allen and I went to Johnson City, TN to participate in a panel on sexism and gaming. On the way home, Samantha explained … Continue reading
Posted in A Game I Made, General Features, Video Games
Tagged alpaca run, design, video games
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On The Max Payne Franchise
I’m in that weird interstitial period between semesters, and I have somehow managed to keep deadlines at bay enough to do something that I’ve wanted to do since last November: play all of the Max Payne games back-to-back-to-back. What follows is a … Continue reading
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Tagged design, max payne, video games
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On Red Dead Redemption
1. I’m not good at analyzing Rockstar games. I’m not good at breaking them down and showing all of the pieces, holding each one up to my eye, judging it good or bad, and then parsing it all into a … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged Grand theft auto IV, red dead redemption, rockstar games, video games
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Playing Through the No Interaction Mixtape
In light of all the game formalist whatever nonsense that has been flying around the video game internet recently, Line Hollis made another fabulous mixtape. It is called the No Interaction Mixtape, and I encourage you to go look at … Continue reading
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Tagged line hollis, mixtape, video games
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I Am In The New Five Out of Ten
The newest Five Out of Ten Magazine is out today. Edited by Alan Williamson, Five Out of Ten is a magazine of video game criticism written for a general audience of people who, you know, care about that thing. Important … Continue reading
You Buy It I Write It: Rogue Warrior
Is there a game you think I should write about? If you purchase a game for me on Steam, I will play it. Check out the information here. You can check out other games I have played against my will here. Rogue … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged richard marcinko, rogue warrior, video games, violence
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