Tag Archives: ian bogost

Bogost on Prestige Career Switching

Posted on 03/29/2016 by kunzelman

Circumstances like Schmidt’s and Poole’s can’t be explained by the popular myth that today’s workers will have seven different careers in their lifetimes thanks to rapid changes in technology and industry. (Schmidt certainly doesn’t have to work ever again if … Continue reading →

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Ian Bogost on Campus Carry Laws

Posted on 03/10/2016 by kunzelman

A while back, a student at Georgia Tech, where I teach, showed me a series of anonymized “threats” that students in a notoriously difficult class of mine had posted in an online discussion forum. I’d just returned grades, and nobody … Continue reading →

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TCiW Gift Guide 2015 – Books

Posted on 12/16/2015 by kunzelman

It’s the time of year when you’re panicking because you haven’t gotten a gift for that special someone in your life, and I’m here to tell you about five different books that you can buy for someone to make them … Continue reading →

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Visual Ontography

Posted on 12/31/2014 by kunzelman

The practice of ontography–and it is a practice, not merely a theory–describes the many processes of accounting for the various units that strew themselves throughout the universe. To create an ontograph involves cataloging things, but also drawing attention to the couplings of … Continue reading →

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On The Ricky Litany

Posted on 10/04/2013 by kunzelman

I’m a huge fan of Trailer Park Boys, and I was rewatching the movie this afternoon while I was doing some writing. Being that I was writing about the weird things that I write about, the “Ricky says fuck a lot” … 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: I would like to commission someone to make a Twine game called "Žižek Makes … Continue reading →

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Review of Alien Phenomenology at Itineration

Posted on 04/01/2013 by kunzelman

So I reviewed Ian Bogost’s Alien Phenomenology for the online journal Itineration. You can view it here. It should be viewed this way: 1. read the review proper 2. listen and watch the computer performance of the review 3.  read my review … Continue reading →

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Quotidian Fiction Tweets About Philosophers

Posted on 03/08/2013 by kunzelman

"Game one, de Landa!" Manuel yelled as he slammed the domino down. Bruno Latour babbled–"but, but, but"–and the crowd roared. — CMRN KNZLMN (@ckunzelman) January 7, 2013 Old Man Bogost looked out at the town. He could hear the stories … Continue reading →

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Or, What Is It Like To Be A Thing?

Posted on 09/06/2012 by kunzelman

I MADE A GAME SO PLAY IT.  I often go on and on about people who study games and write about games having a kind of obligation to understand how games are made and be familiar with the materiality of … Continue reading →

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A Thing We Do With Video Games

Posted on 03/27/2012 by kunzelman

I read Ian Bogost’s How To Do Things With Video Games on a plane last weekend. I think it is a really smart book that acts as a really great introduction to video game studies, and more particularly, I think … Continue reading →

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