February 20th
byIt’s that time again – time to fight the urge to crawl under a rock to escape death rays from the sun while compiling a list of the more interesting pieces of writing, blogging and criticism from around the web. It could…
February 13th
byAnother week, and another attempt at corralling the week’s most interesting and engaging writing, blogging and criticism of videogames into one place. First up: Duncan Fyfe’s ‘Bad Dreams’ [mirror] at Life Starts Here. In his latest short story, Fyfe touches on the…
Episode 7 – A Post-Comment World
byIt’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…
February 6th
byAnother 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…
January 30th
byIt’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…
January 23rd
byAnother 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…
January 16th
byAshelia 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…
January 9th
byTime 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…
This Year In Video Game Blogging 2010
by2010 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…
Episode 6 – 2010 in Review
byAnd 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…