Tag Archives: video games

Cookies Clicked (forever)

Posted on 10/29/2013 by kunzelman
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Guild Wars 2 and Economics

Posted on 10/24/2013 by kunzelman

Unfortunately for us players, it’s in ArenaNet’s best interests to ensure the vast majority of players are not wealthy. This would entirely undermine their buy-to-play model and their reliance on you purchasing gems. Were gold readily available they would inevitably … Continue reading →

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Adrienne Shaw on the lost queer potential of Fable

Posted on 10/23/2013 by kunzelman

All of these choices and changes are clearly tied to programmatic decisions. How NPCs react to and form relationships to my character are coded into the characters’ artificial intelligence. Arguably the goal in some of the NPC reactions is to … 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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Brian Taylor on Cameras (and The Last of Us)

Posted on 10/18/2013 by kunzelman

Audiences know that you can’t make a film without a camera. For a long time, Hollywood-style editing and cinematography developed to minimize the audience’s awareness of the camera. What would have been unacceptable in these films, visual acknowledgement of the … Continue reading →

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Interview with Me on First Person Scholar

Posted on 10/16/2013 by kunzelman

I was interviewed for First Person Scholar last month and it went up today. A taste: FPS: So we’ve actually had this conversation quite a bit lately among the FPS editorial staff about what makes good satire in a game. But I’m guessing you … Continue reading →

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“an immature and outrageous satire”: on Grand Theft Auto 5, Satire, and Irony

Posted on 10/15/2013 by kunzelman

TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of sexual assault I finished Grand Theft Auto V this past weekend. I’m not sure if this post is really about that game, but it is certainly about the circuit of culture that creates legions of fans who will defend a … Continue reading →

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Joe Culp on Halo 4

Posted on 10/14/2013 by kunzelman

You walk into this place and you know it’s time to put on the Vai. It’s like a crazy alien cathedral with a laser floor that you can see through. Reminds me of Lego space sets or Super Soakers in the … Continue reading →

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Designing Horror: 5 Days a Stranger

Posted on 10/09/2013 by kunzelman

After a long pause, I’ve decided to start doing these Designing Horror posts again. This time I played Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s 5 Days a Stranger. The game is a basic point and click adventure game with some inventory management. You play as Trilby, a … Continue reading →

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Nathan Altice on Fashion and Games

Posted on 10/02/2013 by kunzelman

I don’t think I need to convince you about the videogame industry’s constant pursuit of more better processors with more better memory in the service of more better graphics which apparently translates to more better realism and somehow more better … Continue reading →

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