Category Archives: You Buy It I Write It

You Buy It, I Play It: Lifeless Planet

Posted on 07/05/2016 by kunzelman

Lifeless Planet is a beautiful object. It’s graphically “simple” in the contemporary world of both prestige and grungy independent game development. The astronaut you play as is this wonderful almost-lump that can double jump by using his astronaut jet pack (my … Continue reading →

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You Buy It, I Play It: One Way Heroics

Posted on 03/03/2016 by kunzelman

One Way Heroics holds two things in tension: progress and annihilation. That’s not surprising given that the game exists somewhere within the family resemblance of the roguelike genre. Procedural generation of terrain, item drops, and enemies sets the boundaries for the … Continue reading →

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You Buy It I Play It: One Finger Death Punch

Posted on 01/04/2016 by kunzelman

One Finger Death Punch is a weird little game that I ended up enjoying a lot more than I thought I would, and this video is all about explaining the enjoyment I get out of it.

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You Buy It, I Play It: New Rules!

Posted on 12/29/2015 by kunzelman

You might remember the standing offer that I have had going for a few years: if you buy a game for me on Steam, I will play it for at least an hour and then write something about it. You … Continue reading →

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You Buy It, I Play It: Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

Posted on 12/04/2015 by kunzelman

I’m making a solid effort at trying to work through the backlog I have of You Buy It, I Play It games, and this one is a real funtimes experience. Marlow Briggs is a weird mashup of something like exploitation cinema and … Continue reading →

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You Buy It, I Play It: Crimzon Clover World Ignition

Posted on 08/13/2015 by kunzelman
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You Buy It I Play It: Orion: Prelude

Posted on 07/07/2015 by kunzelman

This video is part of my series where I will play anything that you buy for me. I played through Orion: Prelude and it really hurt me emotionally.

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You Buy It I Play It: Revelations 2012

Posted on 07/06/2015 by kunzelman

This video is part of my series where I will play anything that you buy for me. I’ve started branching out into “video content” for games that seem like they would be better for showing and talking than writing, and … Continue reading →

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You Buy It I Write It: Karateka (2012)

Posted on 06/25/2014 by kunzelman

This was written as part of my longform project where I play anything someone purchases for me. You can read more about that here. Videogames have strange relationships with time. There’s the time-to-complete, which is a measurement of how long … Continue reading →

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You Buy It I Write It: Bientôt L’été

Posted on 10/22/2013 by kunzelman

This is part of my policy of playing anything someone purchases for me. You can read more about that here. This is going to be shorter than the other posts in this series just because I don’t have very much … Continue reading →

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