Category Archives: Video Games

liz ryerson on leaving games

Posted on 09/30/2015 by kunzelman

the thing i love about game culture is so many people try and preserve what creations were left behind by a ruthless, brutal market and bringing it back to the forefront in a passionate, sincere way. that’s the best of … Continue reading →

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On One With Nature

Posted on 09/28/2015 by kunzelman

It’s a small game that makes a small argument, if there’s even an argument at all, but it’s beautifully constructed. It lures you in with the promise that there is always going to be something deeper, but eventually there isn’t. One … Continue reading →

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Playing Defense in the Battle for Zendikar

Posted on 09/23/2015 by kunzelman

The newest Magic the Gathering set, Battle for Zendikar, will go into prerelease this weekend. What that means, if you aren’t in the know, is that people will be able to go to events and play with the cards of the … Continue reading →

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Syndicate video – part 1

Posted on 09/01/2015 by kunzelman

Danni and I played a little bit of Syndicate. The game often feels as if I am piloting a giant stick of butter.

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On Chainmail Bikini

Posted on 08/31/2015 by kunzelman

Chainmail Bikini is a collection of short comics written by women around the topic of videogames. That sentence, on face, doesn’t seem very radical, and when I backed CB on kickstarter, I didn’t take it as some kind of radical political project. … Continue reading →

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Until Dawn Review at Paste

Posted on 08/26/2015 by kunzelman

“You make choices and the choices matter” has been the bugbear phrase of videogames for twenty years. Giving players narrative options that actually pan out into their own unique scenarios has been promised by many games, and when it has … Continue reading →

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We Played Fuse (conclusion)

Posted on 08/25/2015 by kunzelman
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The Most Interesting Cards in Magic Origins

Posted on 08/21/2015 by kunzelman

I wrote about the most interesting cards in Magic Origins for Paste. Like the Archangel of Tithes: This is an angel who flies around and generally makes your life more difficult. That’s the general tone of angels in Magic, so … Continue reading →

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We Played Fuse For A While (part 1!)

Posted on 08/20/2015 by kunzelman
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Bulletstorm, Narrative, and Satire

Posted on 08/18/2015 by kunzelman

Today I released a video about Bulletstorm, a game that I have been trying to write about for years now. In all seriousness, I have a draft of an essay on the backend of this blog that’s probably been languishing for … Continue reading →

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