"Where is all the good writing about games?"
It’s time for another episode of the Critical Distance Confab. Before we get into it, a little background information. Right around the last podcast a debate sprung up over Ben’s refusal to allow comments on his personal blog, finding them not worth…
Another week, another agglomeration of the week’s best blogging, writing and criticism of videogame from around the blogosphere. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the week’s big story, so I’ll get it out of the way first, and boy does it…
It’s that time of the week again, which means that I’d better get in quick and rustle up another list of the week’s best writing, blogging and criticism of videogames. One of the more interesting pieces I read this week was Paul…
Another busy week for videogame blogging (when is it ever not?) so we’ve got a nice haul here for your reading pleasure. First up, Jaime Griesemer of Bungie has started writing about design [mirror], and largely multiplayer design: initially its drafts for…
Ashelia writing for her new tumblr muses on why she works in the game industry, and about why games leave such an important mark on the player: It’s about the experience, not the game. Your favorite game may not be mine, but…
Time to play catch-up. Since Christmas there’s been no shortage of worthwhile reading so let’s take a walk around the blogosphere and see some of what’s worth your time. Jorge Albor at the Experience Points blog returns his critical eyes to Civilization…
2010 has been one hell of a productive year for game criticism and writing. In our first full year of the TWIVGB feature, Ian and Eric decided to look through them all and cull from the 995 links the greatest written, most…
And so comes to pass the resurrection of the Critical Distance Confab podcast. We’ve been away for almost a year and a half. We decided to return in a big way. We gathered our panelists to review the year 2010: the biggest…
It’s the holiday season, and as such I have a healthy dose of links for us to gorge on! No context for these ones, author and titles only – consider it an end-of-year clearing house post. We’ll be back in January sometime….
I’m writing this week’s TWIVGB in Notepad, a couple days early, on my housemates laptop, as it’s the only one with an internet connection. This can only be only of the last TWIVGB’s for the year. Straight into it! Let’s start with…