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You Buy It, I Play It: New Rules!

You might remember the standing offer that I have had going for a few years: if you buy a game for me on Steam, I will play it for at least an hour and then write something about it. You … Continue reading

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You Buy It, I Play It: Crimzon Clover World Ignition

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You Buy It I Play It: Orion: Prelude

This video is part of my series where I will play anything that you buy for me. I played through Orion: Prelude and it really hurt me emotionally.

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You Buy It I Play It: Revelations 2012

This video is part of my series where I will play anything that you buy for me. I’ve started branching out into “video content” for games that seem like they would be better for showing and talking than writing, and … Continue reading

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You Buy It I Write It: Karateka (2012)

This was written as part of my longform project where I play anything someone purchases for me. You can read more about that here. Videogames have strange relationships with time. There’s the time-to-complete, which is a measurement of how long … Continue reading

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You Buy It I Write It: Bientôt L’été

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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You Buy It I Write It: Secret of the Magic Crystal

There comes a time when language fails, when the very concept of putting meaning into symbolic utterances is not sufficient or even a possibility in light of something that occurs to us. I feel this way about Secret of the Magic … 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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