Category Archives: Video Games

Can We Kindly? by Samantha Allen

Posted on 02/07/2013 by kunzelman

This is a guest post, which isn’t a normal thing for this blog, but I read Samantha’s piece and immediately offered to put it here. So here it is. – CK -+-+-+-+-+- Samantha Allen is a transgender woman, ex-Mormon and … Continue reading →

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Video Game Critics: Check Out Some History

Posted on 01/29/2013 by kunzelman

As some of you may know, I am technically in a film studies program even though I don’t do film work whatsoever. One of the required courses for my degree is an Advanced Film Theory course. In essence, the class … Continue reading →

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A Moment of Pause in Just Cause 2

Posted on 01/28/2013 by kunzelman

This isn’t something long or thought out–it is just a feeling that I got. Part of this has to do with the draft of an article that Samatha Allen wrote in response to/spurred by/alongside a presentation that I gave at … Continue reading →

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Supplement to my Queer Games Talk At Strange Relations

Posted on 01/24/2013 by kunzelman

So this is the supplement to my talk “Machines and Connective Tissue: The Queer Renaissance in Video Games.” Articles/Blog Posts/Words I think it is profoundly important to avoid speaking for, especially when the queer games community is a very prolific … Continue reading →

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Mattie, Maddy, and Me

Posted on 01/18/2013 by kunzelman

There are two essays that you need to read before reading what I am about to write: Mattie Brice – “Would You Kindly” Maddy Myers – “Why Do I Like Violent Video Games So Much” These essays share a topic–violence … Continue reading →

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Lots of People Are Liking “Oh No”

Posted on 01/11/2013 by kunzelman

So Oh No, my game about escaping Michel Foucault, has been enjoyed by quite a few people. First there was this Metafilter thread. Then there was this Paris Review blog post. It led me to a lot of people tweeting about … Continue reading →

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Released: Oh No

Posted on 01/08/2013 by kunzelman

I made a new game called Oh No. Go play it. So last night I was trying to implement a new combat system in RPG Maker VX ACE (which is literally hell to do). My idea is to make a JRPG where there … Continue reading →

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On Alan Wake

Posted on 01/07/2013 by kunzelman

I spent most of my time with Alan Wake controlling Alan Wake and saying “Alan, wake up” in a silly voice under my breath. For some reason, I think that’s how the game should be played. Alan Wake in short sentences: I … Continue reading →

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On Losing a Game of Civilization V

Posted on 12/28/2012 by kunzelman

Yesterday I marathon’d a day-long game of Civilization V while getting over some kind of full-body funk. Not a good P-Funkadelic-funk, but a disease trying to colonize my body and turn me into a meatpuppet for nefarious means-funk. So I sat and … Continue reading →

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On Players and Designers

Posted on 12/27/2012 by kunzelman

Ben Abraham made a post about the claim game developers often make about “players” and what players want. What Ben comes to, in serious tl;dr fashion, is that “shit is complicated.” It is difficult to represent all possible humans in … Continue reading →

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