Category Archives: Video Games

You Buy It I Write It: Secret of the Magic Crystal

Posted on 03/19/2013 by kunzelman

There comes a time when language fails, when the very concept of putting meaning into symbolic utterances is not sufficient or even a possibility in light of something that occurs to us. I feel this way about Secret of the Magic … Continue reading →

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On Kentucky Route Zero, Act 1

Posted on 03/11/2013 by kunzelman

Warning: some vague spoilers about Kentucky Route Zero. This isn’t going to be long. I’m not going to address the comparisons to The Walking Dead that everyone is making (which I don’t understand at all). If you care about the conversation that has … Continue reading →

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Jessica Curry and Dan Pinchbeck on Dear Esther and thechineseroom

Posted on 03/07/2013 by kunzelman

This is a great video of a talk by Curry and Pinchbeck where they just sort of nerd out and give a very long (45 minute) talk about the development of Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. It is very much worth … Continue reading →

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“a Rockstar Problem in gaming”

Posted on 03/06/2013 by kunzelman

i think there is definitely a Rockstar Problem in gaming right now (maybe always), with various dudes (white dudes) being elevated to Lead Singers essentially or even Brand Faces, maybelline-style, where there’s this mystique around the Cliffy Bs and Ken … Continue reading →

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Released: My Rage is a Cloud that will Cover the Earth

Posted on 03/01/2013 by kunzelman

The other day I was lamenting the fact that my rage at reading comments, articles, and the internet generally did not manifest itself into a physical cloud that could consume the earth.  Jeremy Griffith asked if this was going to … Continue reading →

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You Buy It I Write It: The Polynomial

Posted on 02/26/2013 by kunzelman

Is there a game you think I should write about? If you buy it for me on Steam, I will write about it. Check out the information here. There was a flurry of activity when I announced that I would … Continue reading →

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On Anne and Beanie

Posted on 02/22/2013 by kunzelman

This is a quick bit to match a quick game. Anne and Beanie is a short adventure-ish game (and by short, I mean the credits sequence might be longer than the game). It was made by a team of people … Continue reading →

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You Buy It I Write It: Fortix

Posted on 02/19/2013 by kunzelman

This is part of my policy of playing anything someone purchases for me. You can read more about that here. Fortix is a game about capturing territory. If you want to split hairs, it is a game that is all … Continue reading →

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Return To Skyrim: Dragons, Thieves, Chitin, Magic, and Ugly Hats

Posted on 02/18/2013 by kunzelman
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On Depression Quest

Posted on 02/15/2013 by kunzelman

Go play Depression Quest and give the devs some money while you are at it. There has been a lot of debate over the what has been called the “Twine revolution” and if the games being produced in the Twine engine are … Continue reading →

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