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Tag Archives: video games
I Am In The New Five Out of Ten
The newest Five Out of Ten Magazine is out today. Edited by Alan Williamson, Five Out of Ten is a magazine of video game criticism written for a general audience of people who, you know, care about that thing. Important … Continue reading
You Buy It I Write It: Rogue Warrior
Is there a game you think I should write about? If you purchase a game for me on Steam, I will play it. Check out the information here. You can check out other games I have played against my will here. Rogue … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged richard marcinko, rogue warrior, video games, violence
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On Loss of First Person Control
This is just a quick thing because I’m not sure what I really have to to say about this. I’ve been playing Mirror’s Edge in very small chunks recently. I’m generally a marathon player–I will take a Saturday and power … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged bulletstorm, dark souls, first person shooter, mirror's edge, video games
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Released: Slavoj Žižek Makes A Twine Game
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: https://twitter.com/ibogost/status/314198079807041536 In the ensuing conversation, I agreed to do it. My first game, after … Continue reading
Posted in A Game I Made, Video Games
Tagged ian bogost, Slavoj Žižek, twine, video games
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Preliminary Thoughts on The Knife of Dunwall
I’ve played through roughly half of the first “stage” or “chapter” or “section” or whatever the hell it is called in the new DLC for Dishonored called “The Knife of Dunwall“. My main interest in this DLC stems from the fact that it … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged animals, design, dishonored, ethics, video games, violence
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A Video Game Playing Itself
So Tom 7 did some stuff and created, essentially, a control algorithm that allows a game to play itself. FYI at the end of the day this is a research blog so mostly this is for personal archiving.
Posted in Theory
Tagged control, nonhuman life, robots, theory, video games
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Supplement to #RespectCon13 Talk
Today I am speaking at RespectCon about sexual violence in video games. This post is a collection of links that I talked about, and through, in the talk. 1. Jason Schreier “You’ll ‘Want to Protect’ the New, Less Curvy Lara … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged bioshock infinite, video games, violence
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On Monster Loves You!
My taste in games has altered over the past few months. I am less and less willing to put thirty hours, much less forty, sixty, or eighty, into a game. Although I spent last year playing some long games (most … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged art, CYOA, mass effect, monster loves you!, video games
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A Quick Note About Criticism and Bioshock Infinite
SPOILERZ FOR BIOSHOCK INFINITY AND BEYOND: THE RECKONINGThere is some video game adage that I have heard a few times that goes something like this: a video game gets more testing in the first week of release than it does … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged art, bioshock infinite, daniel joseph, ken levine, video games
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Rhizome Profiles Alex Myers
So Alex Myers has a lot of radditude and you can look at his blog and his twitter for constant updates on his life. I constantly want to write at length about Alex, but I’ve yet to spend the time … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged alex myers, philosophy, rhizome, theory, video games
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