Tag Archives: Killing is Harmless

InnerSpeaker: Introspective Games Criticism as Cultural Ambassador

If you haven’t read Jenn Frank’s heartbreaking piece on the death of her mother and the meaning of the game Super Hexagon, well maybe you will now. As well, there was recently a strange companion piece where Cameron Kunzelman argues … Continue reading →

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The Game is Talking Back: A Review of “Killing is Harmless”

As I write, Brendan Keogh’s new book has been out for less than a week, and has already been declared a landmark of games criticism. The book’s primary qualification for this opinion seems to be its length, around 50,000 words, … Continue reading →

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