Tag Archives: video games

On Dear Esteban

Posted on 11/27/2012 by kunzelman

So I just finished Dear Esteban.  Dear Esteban is the product of Fuck This Jam, a game jam that was dedicated to making games that the designers, well, fucking hate. The jam page for Dear Esteban sums up the point of the game nicely: The … Continue reading →

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Guattari on the Post-Media Era

Posted on 11/26/2012 by kunzelman

The emergence of these new practices of subjectivation of a post-media era will be greatly facilitated by a concerted reappropriation of communicational and information technology, assuming they increasingly allow for: 1. The formation of forms of dialogue and collective interactivity … Continue reading →

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merritt kopas on games and education

Posted on 11/21/2012 by kunzelman

What I like about dys4ia over a film or textual narrative in this case is that it drives home the systematic nature of gender regulation. Too often, students come away from (often tragic) films or written accounts about gender and … Continue reading →

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On Final Fantasy VIII

Posted on 11/20/2012 by kunzelman

1. Lets get the boring stuff out of the way. Final Fantasy VIII is often derided as being the worst Final Fantasy game of the PSX era. As this very whatever article on Edge puts it: “The standard line on the trio of PlayStation … Continue reading →

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On Shank and The Butcher

Posted on 11/16/2012 by kunzelman

Shank is a simple revenge story. The player controls a guy named Shank who, well, shanks and shoots and chops lots and lots of enemies. It is mass carnage as only video games can do–there is basically no consequence for player … Continue reading →

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On The World

Posted on 11/15/2012 by kunzelman

So some of you might know that I’ve been working on the question of nonhuman ethics. More precisely, I’ve been trying to understand our ethical obligation toward purely digital entities–computer games, for example, or evolved virtual creatures. Since my proclivities … Continue reading →

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Return to Skyrim: Whiterun and a Dragon’s Death

Posted on 11/14/2012 by kunzelman
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Designing Horror: Hugo’s House of Horrors

Posted on 11/13/2012 by kunzelman

This post is part of the Designing Horror series. Game: Hugo’s House of Horrors (a complete playthrough at youtube) I picked this game because Darius suggested it to me over Twitter. I remember the game faintly–it was on one of those shareware … Continue reading →

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On Dishonored

Posted on 10/30/2012 by kunzelman

Weirdly, I don’t have a lot to say about Dishonored, positive or negative. My initial impressions were profoundly bad, but everything after the second mission or so was so heavily focused around being the most vanilla experience ever that I … Continue reading →

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Dishonored is a Game About Standing A Reasonable Distance From Other People

Posted on 10/29/2012 by kunzelman
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