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Released: My Rage is a Cloud that will Cover the Earth

The other day I was lamenting the fact that my rage at reading comments, articles, and the internet generally did not manifest itself into a physical cloud that could consume the earth.  Jeremy Griffith asked if this was going to … Continue reading

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You Buy It I Write It: The Polynomial

Is there a game you think I should write about? If you buy it for me on Steam, I will write about it. Check out the information here. There was a flurry of activity when I announced that I would … Continue reading

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On Anne and Beanie

This is a quick bit to match a quick game. Anne and Beanie is a short adventure-ish game (and by short, I mean the credits sequence might be longer than the game). It was made by a team of people … Continue reading

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Alan, Wake Up

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You Buy It I Write It: Fortix

This is part of my policy of playing anything someone purchases for me. You can read more about that here. Fortix is a game about capturing territory. If you want to split hairs, it is a game that is all … Continue reading

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Return To Skyrim: Dragons, Thieves, Chitin, Magic, and Ugly Hats

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On Depression Quest

Go play Depression Quest and give the devs some money while you are at it. There has been a lot of debate over the what has been called the “Twine revolution” and if the games being produced in the Twine engine are … Continue reading

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Can We Kindly? by Samantha Allen

This is a guest post, which isn’t a normal thing for this blog, but I read Samantha’s piece and immediately offered to put it here. So here it is. – CK -+-+-+-+-+- Samantha Allen is a transgender woman, ex-Mormon and … Continue reading

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Video Game Critics: Check Out Some History

As some of you may know, I am technically in a film studies program even though I don’t do film work whatsoever. One of the required courses for my degree is an Advanced Film Theory course. In essence, the class … Continue reading

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A Moment of Pause in Just Cause 2

This isn’t something long or thought out–it is just a feeling that I got. Part of this has to do with the draft of an article that Samatha Allen wrote in response to/spurred by/alongside a presentation that I gave at … Continue reading

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