Tag Archives: video games

On Cart Life

Posted on 12/20/2012 by kunzelman

Cart Life broke me in less than half an hour. I started the game as Andrus Poder. Andrus Poder is from Ukraine. He works on his English by translating Ukrainian poetry while on the train to his new life. He has … Continue reading →

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On Killing is Harmless

Posted on 12/17/2012 by kunzelman

I recently had the concept of “sandwich criticism” explained to me. It goes something like this: you open a critique of a paper, or anything really, with a positive note. That’s the bottom slice of bread. They to proceed to … Continue reading →

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Released: Funeral

Posted on 12/13/2012 by kunzelman

You can click the image to skip all this reading and just go play Funeral. A few months ago I ran a Kickstarter to fund myself. Or, well, it was to fund a “game” that I had been trying to work … Continue reading →

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Final Fantasy IX: Destruction

Posted on 12/12/2012 by kunzelman

This essay is part of my Final Fantasy IX series of articles. This is the first scene of mass destruction we are presented with in Final Fantasy IX. It is the eidolon Atomos being summoned to destroy the citystate of Lindblum. You can … Continue reading →

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Interview with Theron Jacobs

Posted on 12/11/2012 by kunzelman

I conducted this email with Theron Jacobs over email. You can find him on twitter @TPHD Cameron: signal–noise–signal Theron: PERSONALLY, I IDENTIFY WITH NOISE C: So Theron, you’re a poet. There is a camp of video game studies that makes … Continue reading →

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Final Fantasy IX: Collecting

Posted on 12/10/2012 by kunzelman

This is the inaugural post in a short series that I am going to be doing about Final Fantasy IX. As you may know, I have been playing the PSX-era Final Fantasy games in order to give them a fresh look. From nostalgia-wrapped Final … Continue reading →

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Replicating Myself in Saints Row 3

Posted on 12/05/2012 by kunzelman

So this is my Boss in Saint’s Row 3. I don’t have a big point to make here. I just came off of a five day writing binge, so this blog is going to suffer for a few days. Oh well. … Continue reading →

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Brendan Keogh and I in Conversation About Games Criticism

Posted on 12/04/2012 by kunzelman

So over on Facebook, Brendan and I had a short conversation about games crit. The topic of “games in themselves” came up, which Brendan understands in this way:  Well, I think the term “in themselves” implies an idea of looking … Continue reading →

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On Game Centered Criticism

Posted on 11/29/2012 by kunzelman

So I woke up yesterday morning and did some work and then read Twitter. There were some tweets that Patricia Hernandez made about games and games criticism. So I wrote some tweets and she responded to them and we had … Continue reading →

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Designing Horror: imscared

Posted on 11/28/2012 by kunzelman

This post is part of the Designing Horror series. Game: imscared by Ivan Zanotti I’ve learned a few things about horror games while doing the Designing Horror series. I’ve learned that there are about five different tricks used to generate horror … Continue reading →

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