Category Archives: Video Games

On Loss of First Person Control

Posted on 04/24/2013 by kunzelman

This is just a quick thing because I’m not sure what I really have to to say about this. I’ve been playing Mirror’s Edge in very small chunks recently. I’m generally a marathon player–I will take a Saturday and power … Continue reading →

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Released: Slavoj Žižek Makes A Twine Game

Posted on 04/23/2013 by kunzelman

If you care about nothing else, I have a new game. You can play it here. Ian Bogost once made a tweet that looked like this: https://twitter.com/ibogost/status/314198079807041536 In the ensuing conversation, I agreed to do it. My first game, after … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Thoughts on The Knife of Dunwall

Posted on 04/18/2013 by kunzelman

I’ve played through roughly half of the first “stage” or “chapter” or “section” or whatever the hell it is called in the new DLC for Dishonored called “The Knife of Dunwall“. My main interest in this DLC stems from the fact that it … Continue reading →

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On Monster Loves You!

Posted on 04/11/2013 by kunzelman

My taste in games has altered over the past few months. I am less and less willing to put thirty hours, much less forty, sixty, or eighty, into a game. Although I spent last year playing some long games (most … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note About Criticism and Bioshock Infinite

Posted on 04/09/2013 by kunzelman

SPOILERZ FOR BIOSHOCK INFINITY AND BEYOND: THE RECKONINGThere is some video game adage that I have heard a few times that goes something like this: a video game gets more testing in the first week of release than it does … Continue reading →

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Richard Cobbett on Bioshock 2

Posted on 04/08/2013 by kunzelman

The list goes on, but its most important element is that where BioShock was ultimately the story of a city, BioShock 2 is the story of its people – and in particular, a father and daughter relationship. On the surface … Continue reading →

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Interesting Bioshock Infinite Posts, Podcasts, and General Things

Posted on 04/04/2013 by kunzelman

So this is going to be the place where I collect posts about Bioshock Infinite that I find interesting and worth keeping up with for FUTURE THINGZ I WRITE. I’m a big fan of making these personal data collections public, so here’s … Continue reading →

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On Bioshock Infinite

Posted on 04/02/2013 by kunzelman

SPOILERS FOR BIOSHOCK INFINITE “There’s no point in asking.” “Why not?” “Because he doesn’t row.” “He doesn’t row?” “No, he DOESN’T row.” “Ah, I see what you mean.” My appraisal of Bioshock Infinite sits roughly in the same place that … Continue reading →

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On Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

Posted on 03/26/2013 by kunzelman

Before anything else: Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto is a book written by David Kushner that sets out to tell the story of the Grand Theft Auto franchise from its beginning to its end. It succeeds in that if “succeeds” means … Continue reading →

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On Astrid’s Animation

Posted on 03/22/2013 by kunzelman

There aren’t many positions for characters to be in when you are playing Skyrim. They’re walking, they’re standing, they’re fighting. The Jarls, basically the lords of the different holds, have an pose where they lounge far back in their chairs. But … Continue reading →

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