January 29th
byWhat time is it? … What year? … No… Then we don’t have much time left! We HAVE to release This Week in Videogame Blogging before it’s too late! Let’s hit the ground running. We start with Jim Rossignol, interviewing Jim Rossignol,…
January 22nd
byOnce upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria… it’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! We start off with Brad Gallaway, who responds to recent opinion pieces (like those by John Walker) about working for free as a game journalist. Not…
Episode 9 – A Braid Companion
byYes, only 6 months late Critical Distance is proud to bring you episode 9 of the CDC podcast. This time we decided to focus on an actual game: Braid came out many years ago and sparked critics to write a megaton of…
January 15th
byOut with the old, in with the new. As we settle into 2012, the ludodecahedron keeps on a-turnin’. It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! First up, a brief announcement: the folks over at Digital Love Child have put out a…
Announcing the return of The Blogs of the Round Table
byHello Dearly Devoted Critical-Distance Readers! So the most attentive amongst you may remember that I teased a ‘new thing’ that would be starting in January here at Critical Distance – well, it’s January and I can now announce that we are officially…
January 8th
byWelcome to the first This Week in Videogame Blogging of 2012! It’s been a long time since TWIVGB first came on the scene; I confess, I rather miss the tapestry pictures that graced the earliest episodes. This week’s host is David Carlton:…
This Year In Video Game Blogging 2011
byWelcome to 2012! Here at Critical Distance, your regularly scheduled This Week In Video Game Blogging is taking a break to make way for our year-end retrospective. The editorial crew has been hard at work culling through the year’s 937 links plus…
Episode 10 – Winter Round-up, Winter Round-up
byNo, you did not read that incorrectly. This is indeed episode 10. Episode 9 is in the works still. (It’s a little more evergreen of a topic.) Another year has come to a close and with it another year-end podcast to try…
December 25th
byHappy Saturnalia, gamers young and old! As you know, today is the day we celebrate the Sega Saturn, a game console too divine for mortal hands. On Saturnalia it is traditional to gather around the Sega fire pits in town squares all…
December 18th
byAhh, Sunday. I have crossed oceans of work shifts to reach you. It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! The big newsworthy moment of the week deserves some equally worthy coverage. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has raised some legitimate…